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:
- 33.235124, -83.876294
- 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 Butts County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Butts County
- Since Sandy is near Monroe County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 is one other community in Georgia which is also named Sandy.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- 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 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Sandy that is located in Butts 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 248 miles [399.1 km] to the north northeast of the Sandy that is located in Butts 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 878 miles [1,413 km]<2> to the west of the Sandy that is located in Butts 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 750 miles [1,207 km] to the west of the Sandy that is located in Butts 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 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the west southwest of the Sandy that is located in Butts County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Willacy County community of Sandy.
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Jackson 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 West Virginia community of Sandy [Jackson County].
- Kanawha County
- This Sandy is located in Kanawha County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Sandy that is located in Butts County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Sandy.
- Monongalia County
- This Sandy is located in Monongalia County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km] to the north northeast of the Sandy that is located in Butts County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Sandy.
- Taylor 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 West Virginia community of Sandy [Taylor County].
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.
- Box Ankle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Cork
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Glover Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glover Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
- Glover Ferry is located in Jones County
- Hardys Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardys Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys Crossroads
- Hardys Crossroads is located in Jasper County
- High Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Iron Springs Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Springs Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs Crossroads
- Iron Springs Crossroads is located in Butts County
- Logwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
- Stark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Turtles Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtles Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtles Cove
- Turtles Cove is located in Jasper County
- Waits Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waits Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Ferry
- Waits Ferry is located in Butts County
How Far From Sandy 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 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:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Butts County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 46 miles [74 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Sandy to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 Butts County: www.buttscounty.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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: 33.2351, Longitude: -83.8763 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 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.933 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.236 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.212 degrees. |