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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 Smiley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smiley and the surrounding area.
- 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 Smiley:
- 31.911317, -81.802615
- 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 Smiley
- 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 Long County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Long County
- Since Smiley is near Liberty County and also Tattnall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tattnall 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 Smiley
Communities Also Named Smiley ...
We found eight communities that are also named Smiley.
There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Smiley.
Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Liberty County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Smiley [Liberty County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Davies's County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Smiley [Davies's County].
- Ohio
- Paulding County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smiley [Paulding County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Smiley is located in Fayette County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<3> to the north of the Smiley that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Smiley.
- Susquehanna County
- This Smiley is located in Susquehanna County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the north northeast of the Smiley that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Smiley.
- Saskatchewan
- This Smiley lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<3> to the northwest of the Smiley that is located in Long County.
- Texas
- Gonzales County
- This Smiley is located in Gonzales County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<3> to the west of the Smiley that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Smiley.
- Virginia
- Lee County
- This Smiley is located in Lee County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Smiley that is located in Long County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Smiley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smiley ...
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.
- Donald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Donald is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
- Dukes ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dukes is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Easterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Easterling is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterling
- Glennville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gum Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Kent ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kicklighter ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kicklighter is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicklighter
- Moodys Crossing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moodys Crossing is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Crossing
- Noble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Smiley Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smiley Crossroads is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Crossroads
- Strain ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strain is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
How Far From Smiley 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 Smiley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Smiley once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Smiley and extending to:
- Ludowici, which is the Seat of Long County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Smiley to Ludowici, 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.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Smiley 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Smiley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smiley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Smiley 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 Smiley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9113, Longitude: -81.8026 In this case, the coordinates for Smiley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.701 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.63 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.77 degrees. |
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