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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 Smithtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smithtown 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 Smithtown:
- 40.472048, -75.069060
- 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 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Smithtown is near Hunterdon County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Smithtown
Communities Also Named Smithtown ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Smithtown.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Smithtown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Jefferson County
- This Smithtown is located in Jefferson County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Smithtown.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- This Smithtown is located in Mobile County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Smithtown.
- Mississippi
- Wayne County
- This Smithtown is located in Wayne County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Smithtown.
- New Brunswick
- This Smithtown lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- This Smithtown is located in Rockingham County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Smithtown.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Smithtown [Hunterdon County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Smithtown is located in Suffolk County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Smithtown.
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Smithtown is located in Beaufort County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Smithtown.
- Perquimans County
- This Smithtown is located in Perquimans County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perquimans County community of Smithtown.
- Yadkin County
- This Smithtown is located in Yadkin County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km] to the southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Smithtown.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Smithtown.
- Tennessee
- Bledsoe County
- This Smithtown is located in Bledsoe County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks 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 690 miles [1,110.4 km] to the west southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Smithtown.
- West Virginia
- Monongalia County
- This Smithtown is located in Monongalia County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Smithtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Smithtown.
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.
- Baptistown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baptistown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptistown
- Barbertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barbertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown
- Clay Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Ridge
- Erwinna
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Everbreeze Plateau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Everbreeze Plateau is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze Plateau
- Jugtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jugtown is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Kingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kingwood is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Lumberville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Milltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Pipersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Point Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Raven Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
- Tumble Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tumble Falls is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumble Falls
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:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Smithtown to Doylestown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,332 miles [6,971.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smithtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Smithtown 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 Smithtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4720, Longitude: -75.0691 In this case, the coordinates for Smithtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.599 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.222 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.231 degrees. |
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