Sand Point (Alaska) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Sand Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Point and the surrounding area.

Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sand Point

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 Sand Point:
- 55.318865, -160.51944
- 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 Sand Point

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 Sand Point ...

We found nine communities that share the name Sand Point.

Within Alaska, the name Sand Point is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Crawford 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 Sand Point [Crawford County].
- Indiana
  - Allen 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 Indiana community of Sand Point [Allen County].
- Mississippi
  - Smith County
  - This Sand Point is located in Smith County and lies 3,701 miles [5,956.2 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Sand Point.
- New Brunswick
  - This Sand Point lies 3,887 miles [6,255.5 km]<2> to the east northeast.
- New York
  - Livingston County
  - This Sand Point is located in Livingston County and lies 3,612 miles [5,813 km]<2> to the east northeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Sand Point.
- Nova Scotia
  - 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 Nova Scotia community of Sand Point.
- Oklahoma
  - Bryan County
  - This Sand Point is located in Bryan County and lies 3,327 miles [5,354.3 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Sand Point.
- Ontario
  - This Sand Point lies 3,530 miles [5,681 km]<2> to the east northeast.
- Washington
  - King County
  - This Sand Point is located in King County and lies 1,702 miles [2,739.1 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Sand Point.

How Far From Sand Point 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 city such as Sand Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sand Point to Juneau, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 40 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,831 miles [6,165.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 8 days, a buggy would take 150 days and walking would take 218 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.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 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 Sand Point 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 . 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 '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- Sand Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sand Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.3189, Longitude: -160.5194
<3>	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.
<4>	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 Sand Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 13.352 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 19.274 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 354.732 degrees.