Top 6 smileys you will find on Google Maps

All of us use them, most of us daily. We are, of course, talking about the smiley or emoji. We use them when we text and write online. But did you know that there are a couple of smileys that you can watch on Google maps?

The most famous and maybe the coolest is the Oregon smiley, also known as the Oregon smiley face trees. But there are a lot of other smileys on Google earth as well.

This article will look at the six most famous smileys on Google Maps. You will get the coordinates so that you can look them up yourself as well! Ready? Let’s put a smile on your face; we mean map! 😃+ 🗺️

Fun facts about the smiley

Before we take a look at the top 6 emojis you will find on Google maps, we want to share some fun facts about the history of the smiley.

Did you know:

That the first smiley was printed by accident in the New York Times in 1862?
That the first intentional smiley was printed in the satirical magazine Puck in 1881?
That the Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita wanted a simple way of conveying his messages, so he created the first set of 176 emojis you could use on your phone?

A big thank you to mysmiley.net for helping us and sharing their image with us: https://www.mysmiley.net/first-emoji.html

We want to thank the team at mysmiley.net for sharing the information and the image with us. Be sure to check them out if you need cool new emojis or old-school smileys!

Now it is time to take a closer look at the best smileys on Google maps. Let’s go!

Top 6 smileys you will find on Google Maps.

We have added the coordinates to quickly find the smileys on Google Maps. All you need to do is to copy the coordinates and paste them into the search box on Google maps. Don’t forget to change to the satellite image as well!

Google maps enter coordinates and change to satellite image

1. The Chelyabinsk smiley in Russia

Chelyabinsk is a city in west-central Russia close to the border of Kazakhstan. It is known for the regional museum, which displays a meteor that exploded over the city in 2013. Maybe that is the reason why the people in Chelyabinsk decided to make a smiley consisting of the city inhabitants, telling other meteors that they are friendly.

Unfortunately, it is not visible on Google maps today. Still, luckily for you, we managed to get an old screenshot of the smiley.

Coordinates: 55°09’35.4″N 61°24’09.6″E

2. Water tower smiley, Calumet Illinois

The second smiley is not only a smiley but a water tower smiley! Over the years, this smiley has had different colors from pink (supporting the live strong movement) to yellow! On Google Maps, we can only see the top of the head and the eyes, but because of its unique style, we had to include it in our list.

Coordinates: 41°35’43.0″N 87°33’08.1″W

3. Pootatuck State Forest in Connecticut, U.S.

The second smiley is not only a smiley but a water tower smiley! Over the years, this smiley has had different colors from pink (supporting the live strong movement) to yellow! On Google Maps, we can only see the top of the head and the eyes, but because of its unique style, we had to include it in our list.

Coordinates: 41°35’43.0″N 87°33’08.1″W

Pootatuck State Smiley in Forest in Connecticut, U.S.

4. Smiley on the field in Cambridge, Ontario Canada

Our fourth smiley is hidden in a pasture outside Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. We can’t determine if this is a crop circle made by aliens or if someone on earth might be trying to communicate with extraterrestrials (and people like us watching strange things on Google Maps). 👽 Still, we do know that it looks pretty cool!

Coordinates: 43°25’44.8″N 80°19’51.1″W

Smiley on the field in Cambridge, Ontario Canada

5. The Oregon smiley face trees

Our second to the last smiley is the most famous and maybe most ambitious one. It is the Oregon smiley face trees smiley! In the Douglas fir forest located in Polk County, Oregon, you will find a smiley made entirely by trees. It was planted in 2011 by David Hampton and Dennis Creel, and each autumn, the larch trees that the smiley consist of turn yellow while the surrounding trees, eyes, and mouth stay green. This creates an awesome smiley seen from the road that will be around for at least 30 to 50 years. If you travel to Oregon, the best time to see the smiley is in the autumn from the Hampton Lumber Smiley Face Safe Roadside Viewpoint.

At the moment, Google maps don’t show an image from the autumn, so the smiley might be a bit hard to see on Google maps but don’t worry, we got you covered with our own images:

Coordinates: 45°02’28.3″N 123°31’15.1″W

Coordinates viewpoint: 45.050553, -123.525266

6. Willowridge in Toronto, Canada ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Last but not least, we go back north of the U.S. border back to Canada. Here we have a hidden gem near the International airport in Toronto. This smiley is a classic smiley meaning “I dunno” or “I don’t know.” It is basically a Japanese shrug of the shoulders smiley consisting of the Japanese symbol tsu: ツ surrounded by two parentheses, underscore, forward and backslash (depending on side) and upperscore, also known as an overline forming a smiley shrugging its shoulders.

Coordinates: 43°40’36.5″N 79°34’32.1″W