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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 Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Bridge 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 Bridge:
    • 42.980344, -76.446047
    • 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 Bridge
  • 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 Bridge ...

We found four communities that share the name Long Bridge.

Within New York, the name Long Bridge is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Avoyelles Parish
      • This Long Bridge is located in Avoyelles Parish and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Bridge that is located in Onondaga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avoyelles Parish community of Long Bridge.
      • Lafayette Parish
      • This Long Bridge is located in Lafayette Parish and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km] to the southwest of the Long Bridge that is located in Onondaga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette Parish community of Long Bridge.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Long Bridge is located in Warren County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Long Bridge that is located in Onondaga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Long Bridge.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland 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 Bridge [Westmoreland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Bridge ...

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.

  • Baptist Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptist Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Corners
    • Baptist Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Cold Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
    • Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County
  • Halfway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halfway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Halfway is located in Onondaga County
  • Jones Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Beach
    • Jones Beach is located in Onondaga County
  • Jordan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Marysville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Marysville is located in Onondaga County
  • Petty Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petty Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty Corner
    • Petty Corner is located in Cayuga County
  • Pump Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pump Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Corners
    • Pump Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Shamrock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
  • Sweets Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweets Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Crossing
    • Sweets Crossing is located in Onondaga County
  • Wicks Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicks Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
    • Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Willow Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
    • Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
  • Winding Ways
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding Ways have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Ways
    • Winding Ways is located in Onondaga County

How Far From Long Bridge to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Bridge to Syracuse, 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 four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,297 miles [6,915.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Bridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Onondaga County: www.ongov.net/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Long Bridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9803, Longitude: -76.4460       In this case, the coordinates for Long Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bridge 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>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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bridge 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 307.19 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.29 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.761 degrees.









 

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