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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 Portageville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Portageville 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 Portageville:
- 36.430603, -89.698250
- 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 Portageville
- 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 New Madrid County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- Since Portageville is near Pemiscot County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Portageville
Communities Also Named Portageville ...
We found one communities that are also named Portageville.
Within Missouri, the name Portageville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Portageville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Wyoming County
- This Portageville is located in Wyoming County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the northeast of the Portageville that is located in New Madrid County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Portageville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Portageville ...
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.
- Forest Spur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Spur is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Spur
- Homestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Howardville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Linda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Linda is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda
- Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Netherlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Point Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Swift
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swift is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Terry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Terry is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Portageville 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 city such as Portageville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Portageville and extending to:
- New Madrid, which is the Seat of New Madrid County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Portageville to New Madrid, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Portageville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Portageville 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 Portageville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4306, Longitude: -89.6983 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.645 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.962 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.905 degrees. |
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