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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 Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Point 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 Point:
    • 34.024615, -78.880304
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Long Point
  • 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
    • Since Long Point is near Columbus County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Long Point

Communities Also Named Long Point ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Long Point.

Within South Carolina, the name Long Point is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Long Point is located in Bay County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
    • 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].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Long Point lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Long Point lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
    • Ontario
      • This Long Point lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the north of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
    • 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].
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Long Point is located in Fort Bend County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Long Point that is located in Horry County.
      • 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.

  • Daisy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Daisy is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Glenn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Glenn is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • Goretown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Goretown is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goretown
  • Grahams Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grahams Crossroads is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Crossroads
  • Howard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Howard is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Hulls Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hulls Island is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Island
  • Live Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Live Oak is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
  • New Life
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • New Life is located in Columbus County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Life
  • Playcards
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Playcards is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playcards
  • Princeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
  • Sandy Plain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Plain is located in Columbus County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plain

How Far From Long Point 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 Long Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Long Point to Conway, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,760 miles [7,660.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Long Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 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>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.
<4>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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0246, Longitude: -78.8803       In this case, the coordinates for Long Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.112 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.105 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.123 degrees.