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 Pontotoc:
34.254136, -89.010789
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 two communities that are also named Pontotoc.
Within Mississippi, the name Pontotoc is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Oklahoma
Johnston County
This Pontotoc is located in Johnston County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west of the Pontotoc that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Pontotoc.
Texas
Mason County
This Pontotoc is located in Mason County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pontotoc that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Pontotoc.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pontotoc ...
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.
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 city such as Pontotoc to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pontotoc and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Pontotoc to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,324 miles [11,786.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pontotoc) 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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2541, Longitude: -89.0108
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.075 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.007 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.053 degrees.