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Communities Also Named Long Point ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Long Point.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Long Point is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Long Point is located in Bay County and lies 1,905 miles [3,065.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Long Point.
    • Iowa
      • Tama County
      • This Long Point is located in Tama County and lies 1,685 miles [2,711.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • 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 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • 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 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • 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 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
    • 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].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Long Point lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
    • Ontario
      • This Long Point lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the west.
    • 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 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • 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 2,354 miles [3,788.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • 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 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • 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.

  • Berry Head
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berry Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Head
  • Black Duck Bank ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Duck Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Duck Bank
  • Black Duck Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cold Brook
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
  • Felix Cove ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felix Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felix Cove
  • Fox Island River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Island River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Island River
  • Man of War Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Man of War Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man of War Cove
  • Tea Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tea Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tea Cove
  • Three Rock Cove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Rock Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rock Cove
  • Winterhouse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterhouse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhouse

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 Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Point and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Long Point to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 47 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,363 miles [5,412.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 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 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: 48.7667, Longitude: -58.8000    
<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 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 . 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>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.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 294.816 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 290.589 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 290.272 degrees.




 

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