Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sand Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sand Lake
- 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 Lake:
- 28.456014, -81.468639
- 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 Lake
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Sand Lake is near Osceola County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Osceola County
- eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Sand Lake ...
We found ten communities that share the name Sand Lake.
Within Florida, the name Sand Lake is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Michigan
- Iosco County
- This Sand Lake is located in Iosco County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<2> to the north of the Sand Lake that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iosco County community of Sand Lake.
- Kent County
- This Sand Lake is located in Kent County and lies 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km] to the north of the Sand Lake that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sand Lake.
- Lenawee 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 Sand Lake [Lenawee County].
- Van Buren 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 Sand Lake [Van Buren County].
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- This Sand Lake lies 1,689 miles [2,718.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sand Lake that is located in Orange County.
- Ontario
- This Sand Lake lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<2> to the north of the Sand Lake that is located in Orange County.
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand Lake ...
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.
- Doctor Phillips
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctor Phillips have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Phillips
- Doctor Phillips is located in Orange County
- Flamingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Hunters Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Hunters Creek is located in Orange County
- Lake Butter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Butter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Butter
- Lake Butter is located in Orange County
- Minorville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minorville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
- Minorville is located in Orange County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Minorville
- From Sand Lake to Minorville
- Orlando
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Orlando is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289,457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orlando <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Orlando
- From Sand Lake to Orlando
- Pine Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Castle
- Pine Castle is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Castle <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pine Castle
- From Sand Lake to Pine Castle
- Sky Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Tangelo Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangelo Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo Park
- Tangelo Park is located in Orange County
- Vineland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sand Lake 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 Sand Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sand Lake and extending to:
- Orlando, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Sand Lake to Tallahassee, 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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 764 miles [1,229.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sand Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyfl.net/
The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/
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 Sand Lake 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sand Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sand Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4560, Longitude: -81.4686 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Sand Lake 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 310.343 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.735 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.469 degrees. |