Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Smelley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smelley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Smelley

• 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 Smelley:
  • 33.334000, -86.077192
  • 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 Smelley

• 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 Talladega County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
  • Since Smelley is near Clay County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Smelley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Smelley ...

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.

• Chambers Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
• Fair Park
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Fair Park is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Park
• Gage
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gage is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
• Hatchet Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
• Jonesville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jonesville is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
• Stockdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stockdale is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
• Thornhill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Thornhill is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
• Waldo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldo is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
• Winterboro
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Winterboro is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Smelley and extending to:

• Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies just to the North.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Smelley to Montgomery, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'