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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 Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Springs 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 Springs:
    • 35.332662, -77.944152
    • 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 Springs
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Sandy Springs is near Lenoir County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Sandy Springs

Communities Also Named Sandy Springs ...

We found nine communities that are also named Sandy Springs.

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

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Polk County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Polk County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Sandy Springs.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Cherokee County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Sandy Springs.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant 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 Arkansas community of Sandy Springs [Grant County].
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Fulton County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Sandy Springs.
    • Mississippi
      • Itawamba County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Itawamba County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Sandy Springs.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Adams County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Sandy Springs.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Anderson County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the west of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Sandy Springs.
      • Kershaw County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Kershaw County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the west southwest of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Sandy Springs.
    • Tennessee
      • Robertson County
      • This Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sandy Springs that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Sandy Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Springs ...

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.

  • Best
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Best is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
  • Deerwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Deerwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Foxfire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxfire is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Green Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Meadows is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Greenleaf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Irongate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Irongate is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Mimosa Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mimosa Park is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant View is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Ravenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Sleepy Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sleepy Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
  • Spring Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Spring Hope is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
  • Teakwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Teakwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakwood
  • Tiffany Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tiffany Gardens is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens
  • Walnut Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people

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

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

  • Goldsboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Springs to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> 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 251 miles [403.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,663 miles [7,504.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Springs) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Springs 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>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 Sandy Springs 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 Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3327, Longitude: -77.9442       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.569 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.675 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.356 degrees.