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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 Pleasant Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Point 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 Pleasant Point:
    • 32.485973, -97.197512
    • 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 Pleasant Point
  • 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 Pleasant Point ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Pleasant Point.

Within Texas, the name Pleasant Point is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, ten are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln 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 Kentucky community of Pleasant Point [Lincoln County].
    • Maine
      • Knox County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Knox County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Pleasant Point.
      • Washington County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Washington County and lies 1,823 miles [2,933.8 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Manitoba
      • This Pleasant Point lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<2> to the north of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
    • New York
      • Oswego 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 Pleasant Point [Oswego County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Pleasant Point lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
    • Ontario
      • This Pleasant Point lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<2> to the east of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne 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 Tennessee community of Pleasant Point [Claiborne County].
      • Lawrence County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Norfolk City and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Pleasant Point.
      • Surry County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Surry County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km] to the east northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Wisconsin
      • Green Lake County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Green Lake County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Pleasant Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Point ...

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.

  • Coyote Flats
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
    • Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
  • Cross Timber
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
    • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Happy Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
    • Happy Hill is located in Johnson County
  • Joshua
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joshua have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
    • Joshua is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joshua <4>
  • Marystown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marystown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Marystown is located in Johnson County
  • Mountain Peak
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Peak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Peak
    • Mountain Peak is located in Ellis County
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
  • Sublett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
    • Sublett is located in Tarrant County
  • Valley Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
    • Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County
  • Wooded Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wooded Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
    • Wooded Hills is located in Johnson County

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

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

  • Cleburne, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Point to Cleburne, 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 four to five hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,749 miles [12,470.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Johnson County: www.johnsoncountytx.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 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 Pleasant Point 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4860, Longitude: -97.1975       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<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 Pleasant Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.171 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.72 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.871 degrees.




 

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