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 Sandalwood:
33.628374, -111.998481
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 Sandalwood
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 Maricopa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Sandalwood.
Within Arizona, the name Sandalwood is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Duval County
This Sandalwood is located in Duval County and lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km]<1> to the east of the Sandalwood that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Sandalwood.
Georgia
Dougherty County
This Sandalwood is located in Dougherty County and lies 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km]<1> to the east of the Sandalwood that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Sandalwood.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Sandalwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,985 miles [3,194.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandalwood that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Sandalwood.
Mississippi
Madison County
This Sandalwood is located in Madison County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the east of the Sandalwood that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sandalwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandalwood ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sandalwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandalwood and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sandalwood to Phoenix, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,434 miles [11,963.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,199 miles [13,195 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandalwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Sandalwood 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 Sandalwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6284, Longitude: -111.9985 In this case, the coordinates for Sandalwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.127 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.91 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.131 degrees.