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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 Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smiths Corner and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Corner:
    • 42.631728, -78.252364
    • 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 Smiths Corner
  • 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 Smiths Corner ...

We found seven communities that share the name Smiths Corner.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Smiths Corner.

Beyond New York, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Albany 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 Corner [Albany County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee 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 Arkansas community of Smiths Corner [Lee County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Smiths Corner lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Smiths Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Smiths Corner is located in Merrimack County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the east of the Smiths Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Smiths Corner.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Smiths Corner is located in Camden County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Smiths Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Smiths Corner.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Smiths Corner lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Smiths Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Smiths Corner is located in Bucks County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Smiths Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Smiths Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Smiths Corner ...

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.

  • Dutch Flats
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flats
    • Dutch Flats is located in Wyoming County
  • Eagle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
    • Eagle is located in Wyoming County
  • Halls Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
    • Halls Corner is located in Wyoming County
  • Hardys
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardys have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
    • Hardys is located in Wyoming County
  • Hermitage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Hermitage is located in Wyoming County
  • Java Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Java Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Martinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Martinsville is located in Wyoming County
  • Pike
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Plants Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plants Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plants Corner
    • Plants Corner is located in Wyoming County
  • Rock Glen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
    • Rock Glen is located in Wyoming County
  • Silver Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Silver Springs is located in Wyoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Springs <4>
  • Wing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
    • Wing is located in Wyoming County

How Far From Smiths Corner to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smiths Corner and extending to:

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Smiths Corner to Warsaw, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 227 miles [365.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,387 miles [7,060.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smiths Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Corner 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 '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- Smiths Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smiths Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6317, Longitude: -78.2524    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Corner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.354 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.546 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.766 degrees.




 

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