Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Smithtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smithtown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Smithtown
- 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 Smithtown:
- 36.235972, -80.577561
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Smithtown
- 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 Yadkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
- Since Smithtown is near Surry County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Surry County
- eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Smithtown ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Smithtown.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Smithtown.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Beaufort County
- Perquimans County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- New Brunswick
- This Smithtown lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Yadkin County.
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Smithtown is located in Bucks County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Yadkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Smithtown.
- Jefferson County
- This Smithtown is located in Jefferson County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Yadkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Smithtown.
- Tennessee
- Bledsoe County
- This Smithtown is located in Bledsoe County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the west of the Smithtown that is located in Yadkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bledsoe County community of Smithtown.
- Marion County
- This Smithtown is located in Marion County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the west southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Yadkin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Smithtown.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smithtown ...
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.
- Five Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Yadkin County
- Friendship
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Yadkin County
- Halls Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
- Halls Ferry is located in Surry County
- Holly Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
- Holly Spring is located in Yadkin County
- Lime Rock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Poindexter
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poindexter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Union Cross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Union Cross is located in Yadkin County
- Union Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
How Far From Smithtown 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 Smithtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smithtown and extending to:
- Yadkinville, which is the Seat of Yadkin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Smithtown to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>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 267 miles [429.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smithtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Yadkin County: www.yadkincounty.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Smithtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smithtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2360, Longitude: -80.5776 In this case, the coordinates for Smithtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Smithtown 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Smithtown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.063 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.518 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.092 degrees. |