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:
- 39.280657, -77.669991
- 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 Loudoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Pomona is near Frederick County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 are two communities within Virginia that are also named Pomona.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Shenandoah County
- Westmoreland County
- 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 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pomona that is located in Loudoun 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 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pomona that is located in Loudoun County.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Pomona is located in Cumberland County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pomona that is located in Loudoun 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 574 miles [923.8 km] to the west southwest of the Pomona that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Pomona.
- Texas
- Burnet 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 Texas community of Pomona [Burnet County].
- Cherokee County
- This Pomona is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pomona that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee 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 2,193 miles [3,529.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pomona that is located in Loudoun 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.
- Boss Arnold Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boss Arnold Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss Arnold Village
- Boss Arnold Village is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Britain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Georges Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georges Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Mill
- Georges Mill is located in Loudoun County
- Harpers Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
- Harpers Ferry is located in Jefferson County (WV)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harpers Ferry <4>
- Keys Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Lower Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
- Lower Town is located in Jefferson County (WV)
- Loyalty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Mechanicsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Loudoun County
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Olive
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Petersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Petersville is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Pleasantville is located in Washington County (MD)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Sandy Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Washington County (MD)
- Shoemaker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Silver Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Grove
- Silver Grove is located in Jefferson County (WV)
- Rice
How Far From Pomona to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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:
- Leesburg, which is the Seat of Loudoun County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pomona to Leesburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,492 miles [7,229.2 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 Loudoun County: www.co.loudoun.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 '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- 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: 39.2807, Longitude: -77.6700 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> | 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 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 308.241 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.897 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.836 degrees. |