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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 Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smith Corners 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 Smith Corners:
    • 37.058994, -82.384036
    • 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 Corners
  • 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 Dickenson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
    • Since Smith Corners is near Wise County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Corners

Communities Also Named Smith Corners ...

We found five communities that are also named Smith Corners.

Within Virginia, the name Smith Corners is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Oceana 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 Michigan community of Smith Corners [Oceana County].
    • New York
      • Herkimer County
      • This Smith Corners is located in Herkimer County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Smith Corners that is located in Dickenson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Smith Corners.
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This Smith Corners is located in Mahoning County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Smith Corners that is located in Dickenson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Smith Corners.
      • Marion County
      • This Smith Corners is located in Marion County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the north of the Smith Corners that is located in Dickenson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Smith Corners.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Smith Corners is located in Venango County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Smith Corners that is located in Dickenson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Smith Corners.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Smith Corners ...

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.

  • Bondtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bondtown is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondtown
  • Clintwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cranes Nest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranes Nest is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Nest
  • Darwin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Darwin is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Flat Top
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Flat Top is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
  • Georges Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Georges Fork is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Fork
  • Hazel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Herald
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Herald is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
  • Ibex ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ibex is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibex
  • John
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • John is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John
  • Lanes Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lanes Store is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Store
  • Longfork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Longfork is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfork
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Lyons
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyons is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
    • Nancy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Nancy is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
    • Open Fork
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Open Fork is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Fork
    • Round Top
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Round Top is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
    • Tarpon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Tarpon is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
    • Tiny
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Tiny is located in Dickenson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiny
    • Toms Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Toms Creek is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek

How Far From Smith Corners 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 Smith Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clintwood, which is the Seat of Dickenson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Smith Corners to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 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 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 Smith Corners 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 from Point A (ie- Smith Corners) 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 Corners 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 Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0590, Longitude: -82.3840       In this case, the coordinates for Smith Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.129 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.859 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.583 degrees.