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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 Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Bottom 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 Bottom:
    • 35.205997, -77.700807
    • 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 Bottom
  • 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 Lenoir County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Since Sandy Bottom is near Duplin County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Bottom

Communities Also Named Sandy Bottom ...

We found nine communities that are also named Sandy Bottom.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Sandy Bottom.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Madison County
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Madison County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sandy Bottom.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Atkinson County
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Sandy Bottom.
      • Clinch 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 Georgia community of Sandy Bottom [Clinch County].
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Calvert County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Sandy Bottom.
      • Kent County
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Kent County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the north northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sandy Bottom.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Amherst County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Sandy Bottom.
      • Middlesex 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 Virginia community of Sandy Bottom [Middlesex County].
      • Rockingham County
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Rockingham County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the north northwest of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Sandy Bottom.
      • Suffolk City
      • This Sandy Bottom is located in Suffolk City and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Lenoir County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Sandy Bottom.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Bottom ...

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.

  • Booker T Washington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Booker T Washington is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker T Washington
  • Branchwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Branchwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Deep Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
  • Falling Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
  • Fields
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Fields is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
  • George Washington Carver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gradys Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
  • Hickory Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hullwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hullwood is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullwood
  • Jenny Lind
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenny Lind is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
  • Little Baltimore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Baltimore is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
  • Mary Beth Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mary Beth Park is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Beth Park
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Meadow Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Brook is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Nobles Crossroads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Nobles Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobles Crossroads
    • Parrots
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Parrots is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrots
    • Parrott Fork
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Parrott Fork is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott Fork
    • Pot Neck
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Pot Neck is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pot Neck
    • Random Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Random Woods is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Woods
    • Tanglewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Trinity Woods
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Trinity Woods is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Woods

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

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

  • Kinston, which is the Seat of Lenoir County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Bottom to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Bottom) 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 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 Bottom 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 Bottom, 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 Bottom 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 Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2060, Longitude: -77.7008       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.435 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.503 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.306 degrees.