Long Island (Alaska) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Long Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Island and the surrounding area.

Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Island

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 Long Island:
- 54.916944, -132.679167
- 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 Long Island

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 Long Island ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Long Island.

There is one other community in Alaska which is also named Long Island.

Beyond Alaska, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Located In Alaska ...
- Unknown
  - The profile page for Long Island #1
  - 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 Alaska community of Long Island.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Jackson County
  - This Long Island is located in Jackson County and lies 2,609 miles [4,198.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Long Island.
- Kansas
  - Phillips County
  - This Long Island is located in Phillips County and lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Long Island.
- Maine
  - Cumberland County
  - This Long Island is located in Cumberland County and lies 2,816 miles [4,531.9 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Long Island.
  - Hancock 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 Maine community of Long Island [Hancock County].
- Massachusetts
  - Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Long Island [Suffolk County].
- New Hampshire
  - Carroll 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 Hampshire community of Long Island [Carroll County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Long Island.
- North Carolina
  - Catawba County
  - This Long Island is located in Catawba County and lies 2,757 miles [4,437 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Long Island.
- Nova Scotia
  - This Long Island lies 3,082 miles [4,960 km]<2> to the east northeast.
- Tennessee
  - Sullivan County
  - This Long Island is located in Sullivan County and lies 2,655 miles [4,272.8 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Long Island.
- Virginia
  - Campbell County
  - This Long Island is located in Campbell County and lies 2,764 miles [4,448.2 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Long Island.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Island ...

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.

In the vicinity of Long Island, Coppermount is located 20 miles [32.2 km] to the North

How Far From Long Island 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 Long Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Long Island to Juneau, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,760 miles [4,441.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 days, a buggy would take 108 days and walking would take 157 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the north (N).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.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 Long Island 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.
<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- Long Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.9169, Longitude: -132.6792 In this case, the coordinates for Long Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>	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 Long Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>	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.
<5>	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 Long Island to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 349.736 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 352.83 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 334.287 degrees.