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

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 39.949653, -99.534076
    • 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 eleven communities that share the name Long Island.

Within Kansas, the name Long Island is unique.

Beyond Kansas, 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 Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Long Island is located in Jackson County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Island that is located in Phillips County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Long Island.
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Long Island.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Long Island is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Island that is located in Phillips County.
      • 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.<2> 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.<2> 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.<2> 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 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the east of the Long Island that is located in Phillips County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Long Island.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Long Island lies 1,999 miles [3,217.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Island that is located in Phillips County.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Long Island is located in Sullivan County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the east of the Long Island that is located in Phillips County.
      • 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 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<1> to the east of the Long Island that is located in Phillips County.
      • 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.

  • Beaver City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Edison
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edmond
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmond have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
    • Edmond is located in Norton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Edmond has also been known as:
    • Edmond City
  • Mascot
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Orleans
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
    • Orleans is located in Harlan County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <4>
  • Prairie View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Precept
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Precept have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precept
    • Precept is located in Furnas County (NE)
  • Republican City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Speed
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speed have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
    • Speed is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people

How Far From Long Island 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 city 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:

  • Phillipsburg, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Island to Phillipsburg, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,449 miles [11,988 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,356 miles [8,619.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 Phillips County: www.phillipscounty.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- 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: 39.9497, Longitude: -99.5341    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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>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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.557 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.426 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.032 degrees.




 

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