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Communities Also Named Long Creek ...

We found eight communities that share the name Long Creek.

There is one other community in Prince Edward Island which is also named Long Creek.

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seven communities, .

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Macon County
      • This Long Creek is located in Macon County and lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Long Creek.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Long Creek lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west.
    • North Carolina
      • Pender County
      • This Long Creek is located in Pender County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Long Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • This Long Creek is located in Grant County and lies 2,650 miles [4,264.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Long Creek.
    • South Dakota
      • Lincoln 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 South Dakota community of Long Creek [Lincoln County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cocke County
      • This Long Creek is located in Cocke County and lies 1,240 miles [1,995.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Long Creek.
      • Macon County
      • This Long Creek is located in Macon County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Long Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Creek ...

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.

  • Canoe Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Cove
  • Charlottetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Clyde River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Cornwall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cross Roads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Green Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Road
  • Highfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
  • Lewis Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Point
  • Loyalist
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyalist came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalist
  • Meadow Bank
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bank
  • Rocky Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Point <4>
  • Rosebank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Spring Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park

How Far From Long Creek 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 Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Long Creek to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 34 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 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 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,624 miles [5,832.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1667, Longitude: -63.2667    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Creek 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'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 Long Creek 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 298.442 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.073 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.592 degrees.









 

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