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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.
- 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:
- 41.005043, -88.893397
- 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.
- Open 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Long Point is near La Salle County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Long Point
Communities Also Named Long Point ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Long Point.
Within Illinois, the name Long Point is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of eighteen communities that are located 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 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Long Point.
- Iowa
- Tama County
- This Long Point is located in Tama County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Point that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tama County community of Long Point.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Long Point is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the east of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 1,193 miles [1,919.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston County.
- Nova Scotia
- This Long Point lies 1,406 miles [2,262.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston County.
- Ontario
- This Long Point lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Long Point that is located in Livingston 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 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Point that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Long Point.
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.
- Coalville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coalville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Dana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Munster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Munster is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- New Michigan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Michigan is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
- Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spires
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spires is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spires
How Far From Long Point 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 village 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:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Point to Pontiac, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0050, Longitude: -88.8934 In this case, the coordinates for Long Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.27 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.161 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.431 degrees. |
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