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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 Pocahontas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas:
    • 35.052587, -88.803667
    • 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 Pocahontas
  • 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 Hardeman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardeman County
    • Since Pocahontas is near McNairy County and also Tippah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McNairy County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tippah 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 Pocahontas

Communities Also Named Pocahontas ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Pocahontas.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Pocahontas.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Coffee County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Coffee County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Pocahontas.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Walker County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Pocahontas.
    • Alberta
      • This Pocahontas lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
    • Arkansas
      • Randolph County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Randolph County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Pocahontas.
    • Illinois
      • Bond County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Bond County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the north of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bond County community of Pocahontas.
    • Iowa
      • Pocahontas County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Pocahontas County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Pocahontas.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Hinds County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Pocahontas.
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Pocahontas.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Pocahontas [Baker County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Somerset County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Pocahontas.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pocahontas [Chesterfield County].
      • Petersburg City
      • This Pocahontas is located in Petersburg City and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Pocahontas.
      • Tazewell County
      • This Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km] to the east northeast of the Pocahontas that is located in Hardeman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Pocahontas.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pocahontas ...

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.

  • Cuba
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba is located in Alcorn County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Cypress
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cypress is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
  • Hebron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hebron is located in Hardeman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Lacy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lacy is located in Hardeman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
  • Lisbon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisbon is located in Hardeman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Lone Pine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Pine is located in Alcorn County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Poor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Poor is located in Hardeman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor
  • Porters Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Porters Creek is located in Hardeman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Creek
  • Rogers Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
  • Sulphur Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Walnut
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut is located in Tippah County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut <4>

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

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

  • Bolivar, which is the Seat of Hardeman County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pocahontas to Bolivar, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,154 miles [8,294.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pocahontas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Pocahontas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Pocahontas 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.
<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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0526, Longitude: -88.8037       In this case, the coordinates for Pocahontas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.999 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.027 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.804 degrees.