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We found 132 communities that share the name Pleasant Valley.
There are four communities within Virginia that are also named Pleasant Valley.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 128 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 128 communities, 128 are located in the United States and thirteen are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Buckingham County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Buckingham County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Pleasant Valley.
Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Pleasant Valley [Fairfax County].
Loudoun County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Loudoun County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Pleasant Valley.
Rockingham County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Rockingham County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Pleasant Valley.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Calhoun 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 Alabama community of Pleasant Valley [Calhoun County].
Etowah County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Etowah County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Pleasant Valley.
Saint Clair County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Saint Clair County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Pleasant Valley.
Alaska
This Pleasant Valley lies 3,253 miles [5,235.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
Arkansas
Carroll County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Carroll County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pleasant Valley.
Faulkner County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Faulkner County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Pleasant Valley.
Izard County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Izard County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Pleasant Valley.
Lafayette County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Lafayette County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Pleasant Valley.
Perry County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Perry County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Pleasant Valley.
Pope County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Pope County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Pleasant Valley.
Pulaski County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Pulaski County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pleasant Valley.
Scott County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Scott County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Pleasant Valley.
California
Butte 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 California community of Pleasant Valley [Butte County].
El Dorado County
This Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,200 miles [3,540.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Pleasant Valley.
Connecticut
Litchfield County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Litchfield County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Pleasant Valley.
New London County
This Pleasant Valley is located in New London County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Pleasant Valley.
Georgia
Bartow County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Bartow County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Pleasant Valley.
Clayton County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Clayton County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Pleasant Valley.
Dooly 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 Georgia community of Pleasant Valley [Dooly County].
Gilmer County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Gilmer County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Pleasant Valley.
Idaho
Ada County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Ada County and lies 1,941 miles [3,123.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ada County community of Pleasant Valley.
Bingham 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 Idaho community of Pleasant Valley [Bingham County].
Illinois
Jo Daviess County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Pleasant Valley.
Indiana
Martin County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Martin County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Pleasant Valley.
Porter County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Porter County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Pleasant Valley.
Saint Joseph County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Pleasant Valley.
Iowa
Scott County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Scott County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Pleasant Valley.
Kansas
Anderson 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Valley [Anderson County].
Butler 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Valley [Butler County].
Cowley 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Valley [Cowley County].
Graham 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Valley [Graham County].
Lincoln 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Valley [Lincoln County].
Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Valley [Pottawatomie County].
Kentucky
Clay County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pleasant Valley.
Nicholas County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Nicholas County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Pleasant Valley.
Pike County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Pike County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pleasant Valley.
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
This Pleasant Valley is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Pleasant Valley.
Maryland
Allegany County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Allegany County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Pleasant Valley.
Calvert County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Calvert County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Pleasant Valley.
Carroll County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Carroll County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pleasant Valley.
Washington County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Washington County and lies 192 miles [309 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pleasant Valley.
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Worcester County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Pleasant Valley.
Michigan
Antrim County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Antrim County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antrim County community of Pleasant Valley.
Midland County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Midland County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Pleasant Valley.
Minnesota
Carlton County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Carlton County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlton County community of Pleasant Valley.
Missouri
Clay County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pleasant Valley.
Greene County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Greene County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Pleasant Valley.
Jasper County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Jasper County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Pleasant Valley.
Montana
Chouteau 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 Montana community of Pleasant Valley [Chouteau County].
Flathead 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 Montana community of Pleasant Valley [Flathead County].
McCone County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Pleasant Valley [McCone County].
Nebraska
Cedar County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Cedar County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Pleasant Valley.
Dodge County
Although located in Dodge County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Pleasant Valley.
Nevada
Elko County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Elko County and lies 1,911 miles [3,075.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Pleasant Valley.
Eureka County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Eureka County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Pleasant Valley.
Humboldt County
This community is historic and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Pleasant Valley.
Washoe County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Washoe County and lies 2,145 miles [3,452 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Pleasant Valley.
White Pine County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Pleasant Valley [White Pine County].
New Brunswick
This Pleasant Valley lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
New Jersey
Monmouth County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Monmouth County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Pleasant Valley.
Morris County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Morris County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Pleasant Valley.
Sussex 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 New Jersey community of Pleasant Valley [Sussex County].
Warren County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Warren County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pleasant Valley.
New Mexico
Quay 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 New Mexico community of Pleasant Valley [Quay County].
Roosevelt County
This community is historic and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Pleasant Valley.
New York
Dutchess County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Dutchess County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Pleasant Valley.
Oneida County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Oneida County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Pleasant Valley.
Steuben County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Pleasant Valley.
Sullivan County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Sullivan County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Pleasant Valley.
Tompkins County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Tompkins County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of Pleasant Valley.
North Carolina
Cherokee County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Cherokee County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pleasant Valley.
North Dakota
Walsh County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Walsh County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walsh County community of Pleasant Valley.
Nova Scotia
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 Nova Scotia community of Pleasant Valley.
Ohio
Coshocton County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Coshocton County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Pleasant Valley.
Cuyahoga County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Pleasant Valley.
Hamilton County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Pleasant Valley.
Harrison County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pleasant Valley [Harrison County].
Knox County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pleasant Valley [Knox County].
Lake County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Lake County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Pleasant Valley.
Morgan County
This community is historic and although located in Morgan County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Pleasant Valley.
Muskingum County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pleasant Valley [Muskingum County].
Pike County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Pike County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pleasant Valley.
Ross County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Ross County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Pleasant Valley.
Stark County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pleasant Valley [Stark County].
Tuscarawas County
This community is historic and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Pleasant Valley.
Vinton 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 Ohio community of Pleasant Valley [Vinton County].
Oklahoma
Payne County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Payne County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Pleasant Valley.
Ontario
This Pleasant Valley lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the north northwest.
Oregon
Baker County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County and lies 2,011 miles [3,236.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Pleasant Valley.
Josephine County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Josephine County and lies 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Pleasant Valley.
Tillamook County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,312 miles [3,720.8 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Pleasant Valley.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Berks County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Pleasant Valley.
Blair County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Blair County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Pleasant Valley.
Bucks County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Bucks County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Pleasant Valley.
Fayette County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Fayette County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Pleasant Valley.
Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Pleasant Valley [Lancaster County].
Luzerne County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County and lies 338 miles [544 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Pleasant Valley.
Schuylkill County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Schuylkill County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Pleasant Valley.
Westmoreland County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Westmoreland County and lies 215 miles [346 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Pleasant Valley.
Prince Edward Island
This Pleasant Valley lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the northeast.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Greenville County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Pleasant Valley.
Lancaster County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Lancaster County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Pleasant Valley.
Tennessee
Lawrence County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Lawrence County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pleasant Valley.
Macon County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Macon County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Pleasant Valley.
Obion County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Obion County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Pleasant Valley.
Sumner County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Sumner County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Pleasant Valley.
Union County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Union County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pleasant Valley.
Washington County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Washington County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pleasant Valley.
Wayne 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 Tennessee community of Pleasant Valley [Wayne County].
Texas
Dallas County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Dallas County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Pleasant Valley.
Garza County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Garza County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garza County community of Pleasant Valley.
Hunt County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Hunt County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Pleasant Valley.
Lamb County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Lamb County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamb County community of Pleasant Valley.
Palo Pinto 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 Texas community of Pleasant Valley [Palo Pinto County].
Potter County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Potter County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Pleasant Valley.
Wichita County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Pleasant Valley.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pleasant Valley.
Vermont
Chittenden 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 Vermont community of Pleasant Valley [Chittenden County].
Lamoille County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Lamoille County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamoille County community of Pleasant Valley.
Washington
Clark 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 Washington community of Pleasant Valley [Clark County].
Klickitat County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Klickitat County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Pleasant Valley.
Whatcom County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,266 miles [3,646.8 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Pleasant Valley.
West Virginia
Hancock County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Hancock County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Pleasant Valley.
Marion County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Marion County and lies 151 miles [243 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pleasant Valley.
Marshall County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Marshall County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Pleasant Valley.
Ohio County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Ohio County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Pleasant Valley.
Preston County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Preston County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Pleasant Valley.
Wisconsin
Vernon County
This Pleasant Valley is located in Vernon County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Pleasant Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Valley ...
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.
Cedar Bluff (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Pleasant Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Valley and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Valley to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2579, Longitude: -79.9420 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Pleasant Valley 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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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 Pleasant Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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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.
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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 Pleasant Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.673 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.223 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.507 degrees.