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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy Bottom
- 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:
- 35.863437, -82.768751
- 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 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Sandy Bottom is near Cocke County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cocke County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Bottom ...
We found nine communities that share the name Sandy Bottom.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Sandy Bottom.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Lenoir County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Lenoir County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Sandy Bottom.
- Lenoir County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Atkinson County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the south of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison 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 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison 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 427 miles [687.2 km] to the northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison 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 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison 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 287 miles [461.9 km] to the northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison 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 352 miles [566.5 km] to the east northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Sandy Bottom.
- Georgia
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.
- Big Laurel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Laurel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Big Laurel is located in Madison County
- Big Pine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <5>
- Hurricane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Lumptown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <5>
- Rice Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Shaleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaleville
- Shaleville is located in Madison County
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Stackhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stackhouse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Walnut
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Walnut Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Walnut Creek is located in Madison County
How Far From Sandy Bottom 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 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:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sandy Bottom to Raleigh, 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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 377 miles [606.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Bottom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bottom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8634, Longitude: -82.7688 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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> | 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'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 Sandy Bottom 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 311.354 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.943 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.089 degrees. |