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Communities Also Named Long Island ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Long Island.

There is one other community in Newfoundland and Labrador which is also named Long Island.

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

  • Communities Located In Newfoundland and Labrador ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Long Island #1
      • This Long Island lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the north.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Long Island is located in Jackson County and lies 1,815 miles [2,921 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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.
    • Kansas
      • Phillips County
      • This Long Island is located in Phillips County and lies 2,214 miles [3,563.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • 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 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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].
    • North Carolina
      • Catawba County
      • This Long Island is located in Catawba County and lies 1,592 miles [2,562.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Long Island.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Long Island lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the southwest.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Long Island is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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.

  • Bumble Bee Bight ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bumble Bee Bight came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumble Bee Bight
  • Dark Tickle ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dark Tickle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Tickle
  • Head Harbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Head Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Harbour
  • Heads Harbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heads Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Harbour
  • Jims Cove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jims Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Cove
  • Kings Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Cove
  • Little Wards Harbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Wards Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wards Harbour
  • Miles Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Cove
  • Muddy Hole
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muddy Hole came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Hole
  • Paddocks Bight
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paddocks Bight came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddocks Bight
  • Rabbits Arm ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbits Arm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbits Arm
  • Roberts Arm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts Arm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Arm
  • Seal Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Three Arms
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Arms came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Arms

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 community such as Long Island to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Long Island once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Island and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Long Island to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 56 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,336 miles [8,587.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,211 miles [5,167.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 49.6167, Longitude: -55.7000    
<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 . 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>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.
<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 Island 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 292.483 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.216 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 287.795 degrees.




 

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