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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 Sandown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandown and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Sandown:
    • 39.772630, -104.901946
    • 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 Sandown
  • 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 Denver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Denver County
    • Since Sandown is near Adams County and also Arapahoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe 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 Sandown

Communities Also Named Sandown ...

We found three communities that are also named Sandown.

Within Colorado, the name Sandown is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Sandown is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,749 miles [2,814.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandown that is located in Denver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Sandown.
    • North Dakota
      • Ransom County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Sandown [Ransom County].
    • Ontario
      • This Sandown lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandown that is located in Denver County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandown ...

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.

  • Aurora
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Centrepoint
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Centrepoint is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrepoint
  • Cherry Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Derby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Derby is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Five Points is located in Denver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Friendly Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
  • Havana Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
  • Hillcrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hillside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillside is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Irondale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Irondale is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Magee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Magee is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
  • Sable
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sable is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...

How Far From Sandown 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 community such as Sandown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Denver, which is the Seat of Denver County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,483 miles [2,386.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sandown to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,631 miles [12,280.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,561 miles [8,949.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Sandown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sandown 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.
<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 Sandown 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 Sandown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7726, Longitude: -104.9019    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.468 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.973 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.92 degrees.