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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 Smiths Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smiths Landing 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 Smiths Landing:
- 30.894910, -84.749642
- 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 Smiths Landing
- 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Since Smiths Landing is near Seminole County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Smiths Landing
Communities Also Named Smiths Landing ...
We found four communities that are also named Smiths Landing.
Within Georgia, the name Smiths Landing is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Atlantic 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 New Jersey community of Smiths Landing [Atlantic County].
- New York
- Greene 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 New York community of Smiths Landing [Greene County].
- Ohio
- Clermont 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 Ohio community of Smiths Landing [Clermont County].
- Ontario
- This Smiths Landing lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Smiths Landing that is located in Decatur County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smiths Landing ...
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.
- Bethany
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Butler ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butler is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Faceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Faceville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
- Iron City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jinks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jinks is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks
- Little Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Hope is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Lynn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Recovery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
- Riverturn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverturn is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverturn
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spooner is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Steam Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Steam Mill is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
- Twilight ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Twilight is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
How Far From Smiths Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Smiths Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smiths Landing and extending to:
- Bainbridge, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Smiths Landing to Bainbridge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the north (N). 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 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Smiths Landing 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smiths Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Smiths Landing 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 Smiths Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8949, Longitude: -84.7496 In this case, the coordinates for Smiths Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.303 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.336 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.064 degrees. |
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