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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 Smith Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smith Mills 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 Smith Mills:
- 42.495059, -79.105594
- 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 Smith Mills
- 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 Chautauqua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Since Smith Mills is near Cattaraugus County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Smith Mills
Communities Also Named Smith Mills ...
We found five communities that are also named Smith Mills.
Within New York, the name Smith Mills is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- 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 Alberta community of Smith Mills.
- Kentucky
- Henderson County
- This Smith Mills is located in Henderson County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Smith Mills that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Smith Mills.
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- This Smith Mills is located in Bristol County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the east of the Smith Mills that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Smith Mills.
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Smith Mills is located in Clearfield County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Smith Mills that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Smith Mills.
- South Carolina
- Georgetown 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 South Carolina community of Smith Mills [Georgetown County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smith Mills ...
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.
- Bagdad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bagdad is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Balltown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Balltown is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Center Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Center Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Corners
- Cook Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cook Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corners
- Cottage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Forestville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamlet is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skunks Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Skunks Corner is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunks Corner
- Sunset Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Bay is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Bay
How Far From Smith Mills 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 Smith Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smith Mills and extending to:
- Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Smith Mills to Mayville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 271 miles [436.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Smith Mills 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smith Mills) 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 Smith Mills 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 Smith Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4951, Longitude: -79.1056 In this case, the coordinates for Smith Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.901 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.143 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.226 degrees. |
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