We found ten communities that are also named Portsmouth.
There is one other community in Ontario that is also named Portsmouth.
Beyond Ontario, we know of nine communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, one is located in Canada and the other nine communities are located in the United States.
This Portsmouth is located in Shelby County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Portsmouth.
Kentucky
Breathitt County
This Portsmouth is located in Breathitt County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Portsmouth.
Michigan
Bay 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 Michigan community of Portsmouth [Bay County].
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This Portsmouth is located in Rockingham County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Portsmouth.
North Carolina
Carteret County
This Portsmouth is located in Carteret County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Portsmouth.
Ohio
Scioto County
This Portsmouth is located in Scioto County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Portsmouth.
Rhode Island
Newport County
This Portsmouth is located in Newport County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport County community of Portsmouth.
Virginia
Norfolk City
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 Virginia community of Portsmouth [Norfolk City].
Portsmouth City
This Portsmouth is located in Portsmouth City and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Portsmouth.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Portsmouth ...
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, 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 Portsmouth to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Portsmouth and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Portsmouth to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,254 miles [6,846.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
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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- Portsmouth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Portsmouth 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 . 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.
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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.
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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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2222, Longitude: -76.5231
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.103 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.394 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.24 degrees.