Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Longley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Longley
- 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 Longley:
- 41.222553, -83.421037
- 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 Longley
- 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 Seneca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- Since Longley is near Wood County and also Sandusky County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- eBird sighting report for Sandusky 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 Longley ...
We found two communities that share the name Longley.
There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Longley.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Longley in the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Brunswick
- This Longley lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Longley that is located in Seneca County.
- New Brunswick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longley ...
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.
- Bettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bettsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettsville
- Bettsville is located in Seneca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 618 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bettsville <4>
- Eagleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Helena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Sandusky County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <4>
- Jerry City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerry City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Raineys ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Risingsun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Rollersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Squires
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Winters Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winters Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Station
- Winters Station is located in Sandusky County
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Longley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Longley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Longley and extending to:
- Tiffin, which is the Seat of Seneca County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Longley to Tiffin, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,660 miles [7,499.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Longley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 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 Longley 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Longley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Longley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2226, Longitude: -83.4210 In this case, the coordinates for Longley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Longley 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 311.705 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.127 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.734 degrees. |