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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 Point Pleasant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant:
    • 42.238391, -79.494491
    • 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 Point Pleasant
  • 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 Point Pleasant ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Point Pleasant.

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

Beyond New York, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Point Pleasant [Monroe County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,204 miles [3,547 km]<2> to the west of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Marion County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the south of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Illinois
      • Jasper County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Jasper County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Iowa
      • Hardin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Point Pleasant [Hardin County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Ohio County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Point Pleasant.
      • Morehouse Parish
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Morehouse Parish and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km] to the southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morehouse Parish community of Point Pleasant.
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Point Pleasant [Plaquemines Parish].
      • Tensas Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Point Pleasant [Tensas Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Point Pleasant [Worcester County].
    • Missouri
      • New Madrid County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Point Pleasant.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Point Pleasant [Ocean County].
      • Sussex County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Sussex County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Clermont County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Point Pleasant.
      • Gallia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Gallia County].
      • Guernsey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Guernsey County].
      • Hocking County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Hocking County].
      • Paulding County
      • This community is historic and although located in Paulding County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Ontario
      • This Point Pleasant lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Bucks County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Point Pleasant lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Charleston County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<2> to the south of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Tennessee
      • Cocke County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Cocke County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Point Pleasant.
      • Decatur County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Bland County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Point Pleasant.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Mason County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Point Pleasant that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Point Pleasant.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Pleasant ...

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.

  • Cottage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Park
    • Cottage Park is located in Chautauqua County
  • Dean
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dean have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
    • Dean is located in Chautauqua County
  • Elm Tree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Tree
    • Elm Tree is located in Chautauqua County
  • Hartfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartfield
    • Hartfield is located in Chautauqua County
  • Magnolia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Chautauqua County
  • Maple Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
    • Maple Springs is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Springs <5>
  • Mayville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
    • Mayville is located in Chautauqua County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayville <5>
  • Pleasantville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Pleasantville is located in Chautauqua County
  • Summerdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
    • Summerdale is located in Chautauqua County
  • Willow Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
    • Willow Brook is located in Chautauqua County
  • Woodlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Chautauqua County

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

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

  • Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Point Pleasant to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Chautauqua County: www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Point Pleasant 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Point Pleasant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2384, Longitude: -79.4945       In this case, the coordinates for Point Pleasant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Point Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Point Pleasant to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.165 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.402 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.512 degrees.









 

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