Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pomona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pomona and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pomona
- 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 Pomona:
- 32.011832, -95.279949
- 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 Pomona
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Pomona is near Smith County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Smith County
- eBird sighting report for Henderson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pomona ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Pomona.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Pomona.
Beyond Texas, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Berrien 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 Michigan community of Pomona [Berrien County].
- Manistee County
- This Pomona is located in Manistee County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Pomona.
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Pomona lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Pomona is located in Cumberland County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Pomona.
- Dickson County
- This Pomona is located in Dickson County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km] to the east northeast of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Pomona.
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- This Pomona is located in Loudoun County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Pomona.
- Shenandoah 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 Virginia community of Pomona [Shenandoah County].
- Westmoreland County
- This Pomona is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km] to the east northeast of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Pomona.
- Washington
- Snohomish 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 Washington community of Pomona [Snohomish County].
- Yakima County
- This Pomona is located in Yakima County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pomona that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Pomona.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pomona ...
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.
- Blackjack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Brushy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Cherokee Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Cove Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
- Cove Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Craft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Dialville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Griffin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Mountain Heaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Heaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Heaven
- Mountain Heaven is located in Cherokee County
- Pierces Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierces Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Chapel
- Pierces Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Prices
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Teaselville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Walnut Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Smith County
How Far From Pomona 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 Pomona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pomona and extending to:
- Rusk, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pomona to Rusk, 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,695 miles [12,383.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pomona. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 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 Pomona 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pomona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pomona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0118, Longitude: -95.2799 In this case, the coordinates for Pomona 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Pomona 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 318.841 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.098 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.079 degrees. |