Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sandy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy
- 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 Sandy:
- 38.409265, -81.510955
- 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 Sandy
- 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 Kanawha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kanawha County
- Since Sandy is near Roane County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Roane County
- eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Sandy ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Sandy.
There are three communities within West Virginia that are also named Sandy.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Jackson County
- Monongalia County
- Taylor County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Butts County
- This Sandy is located in Butts County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sandy that is located in Kanawha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butts County community of Sandy.
- Jefferson 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 Georgia community of Sandy [Jefferson County].
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Huron 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 Sandy [Huron County].
- Montcalm County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sandy [Montcalm County].
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Fentress County
- This Sandy is located in Fentress County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Sandy that is located in Kanawha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fentress County community of Sandy.
- Hardeman 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 Tennessee community of Sandy [Hardeman County].
- Johnson County
- This Sandy is located in Johnson County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south of the Sandy that is located in Kanawha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Sandy.
- Texas
- Blanco County
- This Sandy is located in Blanco County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sandy that is located in Kanawha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Sandy.
- Limestone County
- This Sandy is located in Limestone County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km] to the west southwest of the Sandy that is located in Kanawha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Sandy.
- Willacy County
- This Sandy is located in Willacy County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km] to the southwest of the Sandy that is located in Kanawha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Willacy County community of Sandy.
- Utah
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy ...
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.
- Airport Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
- Airport Village has also been known as:
- Airport
- Big Chimney
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Chimney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney
- Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County
- Elk Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Forest
- Elk Forest is located in Kanawha County
- Elk Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Elkview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview
- Elkview is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkview <5>
- Fivemile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Kanawha County
- Mink ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Pinch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch
- Pinch is located in Kanawha County
- Three Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Twomile
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Youngs Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
How Far From Sandy 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 Sandy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy and extending to:
- Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sandy to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,695 miles [7,555.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.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 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 Sandy 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4093, Longitude: -81.5110 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sandy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sandy to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.586 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.436 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.792 degrees. |