Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Long Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Lake
- 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 Lake:
- 44.419774, -83.87212
- 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 Lake
- 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 Iosco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Iosco County
- Since Long Lake is near Ogemaw County and also Alcona County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ogemaw County
- eBird sighting report for Alcona 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 Lake ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Long Lake.
There are four communities within Michigan that are also named Long Lake.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Clare County
- Hillsdale County
- Ionia County
- Wexford County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Illinois
- Lake County
- This Long Lake is located in Lake County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Long Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Long Lake.
- Madison 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 Illinois community of Long Lake [Madison County].
- Indiana
- Steuben 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 Indiana community of Long Lake [Steuben County].
- Wabash 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 Indiana community of Long Lake [Wabash County].
- Manitoba
- This Long Lake lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Long Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- This Long Lake is located in Coahoma County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Long Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Long Lake.
- Warren County
- This Long Lake is located in Warren County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km] to the south southwest of the Long Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Long Lake.
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- This Long Lake lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the east of the Long Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Washington
- Kitsap 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 Long Lake [Kitsap County].
- Lincoln County
- This Long Lake is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Long Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Long Lake.
- Wisconsin
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Lake ...
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.
- Curtisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Curtisville is located in Alcona County
- Elbow Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Lake
- Elbow Lake is located in Ogemaw County
- Hemlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Meadow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - National City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National City
- National City is located in Iosco County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for National City <4>
- Rose City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Rose City is located in Ogemaw County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rose City <4>
- Sand Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Shady Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
- Shady Shores is located in Ogemaw County
- Turtle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Long Lake 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 Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Lake and extending to:
- Tawas City, which is the Seat of Iosco County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Lake to Tawas City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 518 miles [833.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Iosco County: www.iosco.m33access.com/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.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 Long Lake 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 '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 Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4198, Longitude: -83.8721 |
| <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 Lake 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 311.864 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.785 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.845 degrees. |