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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 Sandals, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandals 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 Sandals:
- 39.460564, -94.083830
- 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 Sandals
- 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Since Sandals is near Caldwell County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Sandals
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandals ...
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.
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Converse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Cowgill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Crystal Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Dockery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dockery is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Elkhorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Georgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Golf Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Golf Hill is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- New Garden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Garden is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Wood Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
How Far From Sandals to ...
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 Sandals to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sandals and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandals to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 911 miles [1,466.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,170 miles [8,320.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sandals) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sandals 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 Sandals. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4606, Longitude: -94.0838 In this case, the coordinates for Sandals have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.713 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.91 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.346 degrees. |
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