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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 Smilax, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smilax 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 Smilax:
- 37.135649, -83.282122
- 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 Smilax
- 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 Leslie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie County
- Since Smilax is near Perry County and also Harlan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan 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 Smilax
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smilax ...
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.
- Big Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Busy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Butterfly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Christopher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Christopher is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
- Combs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Combs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Confluence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Cutshin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Daisy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dryhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dryhill is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryhill
- Grassy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Hazard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lewis Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lewis Creek is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
- Thousandsticks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Typo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Typo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Typo
- Viper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Walkertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkertown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Woodland Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Park is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Smilax 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 Smilax to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Smilax and extending to:
- Hyden, which is the Seat of Leslie County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Smilax to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Smilax) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Smilax 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 Smilax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1356, Longitude: -83.2821 In this case, the coordinates for Smilax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.672 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.491 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.939 degrees. |
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