Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for The Pointe:
33.554209, -112.046538
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
We found one communities that share the name The Pointe.
Within Arizona, the name The Pointe is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named The Pointe in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Harford County
This The Pointe is located in Harford County and lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Pointe that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of The Pointe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Pointe ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Bronze Boot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronze Boot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Pointe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Pointe and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,972 miles [3,173.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from The Pointe to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 112 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 77 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,440 miles [11,973.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,205 miles [13,204.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,143 miles [9,886.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Pointe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Pointe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5542, Longitude: -112.0465 In this case, the coordinates for The Pointe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from The Pointe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.154 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.935 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.158 degrees.