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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pope and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • 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 Pope:
    • 38.141585, -121.243558
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Pope
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected San Joaquin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Joaquin County
    • Since Pope is near Sacramento County and also Calaveras County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Pope

Communities Also Named Pope ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Pope.

There is one other community in California that is also named Pope.

Beyond California, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Imperial County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Pope [Imperial County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Pope is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,994 miles [3,209 km]<2> to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pope.
      • DeKalb County
      • This Pope is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,971 miles [3,172 km] to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pope.
      • Marengo County
      • This Pope is located in Marengo County and lies 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km] to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Pope.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pope [Bibb County].
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pope [Leavenworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • This Pope is located in Allen County and lies 1,904 miles [3,064.2 km]<2> to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Pope.
    • Manitoba
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Pope.
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Pope is located in Panola County and lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km]<2> to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Pope.
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pope [Socorro County].
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Pope is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 2,223 miles [3,577.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Pope.
    • Tennessee
      • Perry County
      • This Pope is located in Perry County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<2> to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Pope.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pope [Cherokee County].
    • Virginia
      • Southampton County
      • This Pope is located in Southampton County and lies 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km]<2> to the east of the Pope that is located in San Joaquin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Pope.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pope ...

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.

  • Ampere
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Ampere is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampere
  • Cherokee
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cherokee is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Dogtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogtown is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Guild
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Guild is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
  • Herald
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lane is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Lincoln Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Village is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
  • Need
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Need is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Need
  • Twin Cities
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Twin Cities is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cities
  • Woodlake
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Woodlake is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake

How Far From Pope to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pope to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pope and extending to:

  • Stockton, which is the Seat of San Joaquin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pope to Stockton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,365 miles [3,806.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,369 miles [11,859.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,136 miles [13,093.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Pope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Pope could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Pope to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1416, Longitude: -121.2436       In this case, the coordinates for Pope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.253 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.03 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.443 degrees.