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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 Pleasant Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Point and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pleasant Point:
    • 43.970344, -69.282778
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pleasant Point
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Pleasant Point ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Pleasant Point.

There is one other community in Maine which is also named Pleasant Point.

Beyond Maine, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maine ...
    • Washington County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Washington County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pleasant Point.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pleasant Point [Lincoln County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Pleasant Point lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pleasant Point [Oswego County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Pleasant Point lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
    • Ontario
      • This Pleasant Point lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the west of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pleasant Point [Claiborne County].
      • Lawrence County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Texas
      • Johnson County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Norfolk City and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Pleasant Point.
      • Surry County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Surry County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km] to the southwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Wisconsin
      • Green Lake County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Green Lake County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the west of the Pleasant Point that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Pleasant Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Point ...

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.

  • East Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
    • East Friendship is located in Knox County
  • Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendship <4>
  • Loudville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Martin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Knox County
  • Martinsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Pond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Pond
    • Round Pond is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Pond <4>
  • Spruce Head
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Head
    • Spruce Head is located in Knox County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spruce Head <4>
  • Tenants Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)

How Far From Pleasant Point to ...

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 Pleasant Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rockland, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Point to Rockland, 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.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,368 miles [8,639 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,954 miles [6,363.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.midcoast.com/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9703, Longitude: -69.2828       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pleasant Point 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.
<3>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.
<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 Pleasant Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.633 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.342 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.887 degrees.




 

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