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:
- 35.471179, -85.216350
- 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 Bledsoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
- Since Smithtown is near Hamilton County and also Rhea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- eBird sighting report for Rhea 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 is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Smithtown.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout 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 Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- New Brunswick
- This Smithtown lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bledsoe County.
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Smithtown is located in Beaufort County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east of the Smithtown that is located in Bledsoe 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 491 miles [790.2 km] to the east of the Smithtown that is located in Bledsoe 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bledsoe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Smithtown.
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Smithtown is located in Bucks County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bledsoe 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 521 miles [838.5 km] to the northeast of the Smithtown that is located in Bledsoe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson 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.
- Bakewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Dill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Elm Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Flat Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Gates Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Ford
- Gates Ford is located in Bledsoe County
- Graysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Harris Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Ford
- Harris Ford is located in Sequatchie County
- Hickory Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Bledsoe County
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Lees Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Station
- Lees Station is located in Bledsoe County
- New Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- New Harmony is located in Bledsoe County
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Pikeville is located in Bledsoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pikeville <4>
- Sale Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sale Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sale Creek
- Sale Creek is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sale Creek <4>
- Summer City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
How Far From Smithtown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Bledsoe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Smithtown to Pikeville, 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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: 35.4712, Longitude: -85.2164 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 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 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'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 Smithtown 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 312.812 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.564 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.198 degrees. |