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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 Nova Scotia which is also named Long Island.

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Long Island is located in Jackson County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 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 2,000 miles [3,218.7 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 508 miles [817.5 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].
    • 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 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Long Island.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Long Island is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,322 miles [2,127.6 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 1,148 miles [1,847.5 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.

  • Big Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bank
  • Big Bras d'Or
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Edwardsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <5>
  • Florence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Frenchvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchvale
  • Georges River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georges River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges River
  • Ironville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
  • Little Bras d'Or
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Bras d'Or came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bras d'Or
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Bras d'Or <5>
  • Little Pond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Pond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pond
  • Rear Balls Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Balls Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Balls Creek
  • Scotch Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Lake

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, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Island and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Long Island to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>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 42 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,621 miles [9,046.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,497 miles [5,627.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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 Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 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: 46.1975, Longitude: -60.3836    
<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>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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 296.651 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.094 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.13 degrees.




 

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