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 Smithboro:
37.392271, -90.824566
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 Smithboro
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 Reynolds County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Smithboro.
Within Missouri, the name Smithboro is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Jasper County
This Smithboro is located in Jasper County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Smithboro that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Smithboro.
Illinois
Bond County
This Smithboro is located in Bond County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithboro that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bond County community of Smithboro.
New York
Tioga County
This Smithboro is located in Tioga County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithboro that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Smithboro.
South Carolina
Dillon County
This Smithboro is located in Dillon County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Smithboro that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dillon County community of Smithboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smithboro ...
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.
Alamode ‑ Historic (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Smithboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smithboro and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Smithboro to Jefferson City, 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 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,133 miles [8,260.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smithboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Smithboro 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 Smithboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3923, Longitude: -90.8246 In this case, the coordinates for Smithboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.425 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.993 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.212 degrees.