Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Long Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Point and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Point
- 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 Point:
- 41.945271, -92.483801
- 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 Point
- 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 Tama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tama County
- Since Long Point is near Benton County and also Poweshiek County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- eBird sighting report for Poweshiek 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 Long Point ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Long Point.
Within Iowa, the name Long Point is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Bay County
- This Long Point is located in Bay County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Long Point.
- Illinois
- Livingston County
- This Long Point is located in Livingston County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Long Point.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Long Point is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<1> to the east of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Long Point.
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- This Long Point is located in Cheboygan County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Long Point.
- Minnesota
- Lake of the Woods County
- This Long Point is located in Lake of the Woods County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake of the Woods County community of Long Point.
- New Brunswick
- This Long Point lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- New York
- Yates 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 York community of Long Point [Yates County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Long Point lies 1,685 miles [2,711.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- Nova Scotia
- This Long Point lies 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- Ontario
- This Long Point lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion 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 Long Point [Clarion County].
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Long Point is located in Horry County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Long Point.
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- This Long Point is located in Fort Bend County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Long Point.
- Harris 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 Long Point [Harris County].
- Harrison 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 Texas community of Long Point [Harrison County].
- Washington 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 Texas community of Long Point [Washington County].
- Vermont
- Addison 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 Long Point [Addison County].
- Virginia
- Portsmouth City
- This Long Point is located in Portsmouth City and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Point that is located in Tama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Long Point.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Point ...
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.
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Helena
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Keystone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone is located in Benton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keystone <4>
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Quarry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Redman ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Rogersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Rogersville is located in Benton County
How Far From Long Point to ...
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 Long Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Point and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Tama County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Long Point to Des Moines, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 837 miles [1,347 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,099 miles [11,424.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tama County: www.tamacounty.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Long Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9453, Longitude: -92.4838 In this case, the coordinates for Long Point 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 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 Point 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. |
| <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 Long Point 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 317.713 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.087 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.993 degrees. |