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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Run:
    • 33.229865, -83.128208
    • 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 Sandy Run
  • 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Sandy Run is near Putnam County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Sandy Run

Communities Also Named Sandy Run ...

We found eight communities that are also named Sandy Run.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Sandy Run.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Liberty County
      • This Sandy Run is located in Liberty County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sandy Run that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Sandy Run.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford County
      • This Sandy Run is located in Bedford County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sandy Run that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Sandy Run.
      • Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Sandy Run [Greene County].
      • Luzerne County
      • This Sandy Run is located in Luzerne County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the north northeast of the Sandy Run that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Sandy Run.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Sandy Run [Berkeley County].
      • Calhoun County
      • This Sandy Run is located in Calhoun County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandy Run that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Sandy Run.
      • Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Sandy Run [Lexington County].
      • Orangeburg County
      • This Sandy Run is located in Orangeburg County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the east of the Sandy Run that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Sandy Run.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Run ...

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.

  • Comfort ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Comfort is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
    • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
  • Flat Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Flat Rock is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Friendship
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Friendship is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Harpertown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harpertown is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
  • Littles Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Littles Ferry is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Ferry
  • Martins Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Martins Ferry is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Ferry
  • Rockville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockville is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Sandtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sandtown is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Shoulderbone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Shoulderbone is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderbone

How Far From Sandy Run 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 Run to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sparta, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Run to Sparta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Sandy Run) 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 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 Run 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>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 Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Sandy Run 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 Sandy Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2299, Longitude: -83.1282       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.501 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.737 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.928 degrees.