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 Point Harbor:
36.843760, -76.515783
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.
We found three communities that share the name Point Harbor.
Within Virginia, the name Point Harbor is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Mississippi
Clay County
This Point Harbor is located in Clay County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Point Harbor.
North Carolina
Currituck County
This Point Harbor is located in Currituck County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Currituck County community of Point Harbor.
Tennessee
Loudon County
This Point Harbor is located in Loudon County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Point Harbor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Harbor ...
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 Crest Hall (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 Point Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point Harbor and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Point Harbor to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,962 miles [9,594.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,656 miles [10,711.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,538 miles [7,303.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Point Harbor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8438, Longitude: -76.5158 In this case, the coordinates for Point Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Point Harbor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.705 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.914 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.277 degrees.