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 Sardis:
35.126257, -80.776181
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.
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 36 communities that share the name Sardis.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Sardis.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 36 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Caldwell County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sardis [Caldwell County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Bullock County
This Sardis is located in Bullock County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Sardis.
Butler County
This Sardis is located in Butler County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Sardis.
Crenshaw County
This Sardis is located in Crenshaw County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Sardis.
Dallas County
This Sardis is located in Dallas County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Sardis.
Fayette County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sardis [Fayette County].
Tallapoosa County
This Sardis is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Sardis.
Walker County
This Sardis is located in Walker County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Sardis.
Arkansas
Hempstead County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sardis [Hempstead County].
Saline County
This Sardis is located in Saline County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<2> to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Sardis.
British Columbia
This Sardis lies 2,284 miles [3,675.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
Florida
Sardis #1
This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Sardis.
Georgia
Burke County
This Sardis is located in Burke County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Sardis.
Talbot County
This Sardis is located in Talbot County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Sardis.
Kentucky
Mason County
This Sardis is located in Mason County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Sardis.
Pulaski County
This Sardis is located in Pulaski County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the west northwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Sardis.
Louisiana
Sabine Parish
This Sardis is located in Sabine Parish and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine Parish community of Sardis.
Winn Parish
This Sardis is located in Winn Parish and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Sardis.
Minnesota
Big Stone County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Sardis [Big Stone County].
Mississippi
Copiah County
This Sardis is located in Copiah County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Sardis.
Panola County
This Sardis is located in Panola County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km] to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Sardis.
North Dakota
Nelson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Sardis [Nelson County].
Ohio
Monroe County
This Sardis is located in Monroe County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the north of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Sardis.
Oklahoma
Pushmataha County
This Sardis is located in Pushmataha County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<2> to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pushmataha County community of Sardis.
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County
This Sardis is located in Westmoreland County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the north of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Sardis.
South Carolina
Florence County
This Sardis is located in Florence County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Sardis.
Union County
This Sardis is located in Union County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Sardis.
Tennessee
Cocke County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sardis [Cocke County].
Henderson County
This Sardis is located in Henderson County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Sardis.
Texas
Cass County
This Sardis is located in Cass County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Sardis.
Ellis County
This Sardis is located in Ellis County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km] to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Sardis.
Fisher County
This Sardis is located in Fisher County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km] to the west of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fisher County community of Sardis.
Shelby County
This Sardis is located in Shelby County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km] to the west southwest of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Sardis.
Virginia
Amherst County
This Sardis is located in Amherst County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Sardis.
West Virginia
Harrison County
This Sardis is located in Harrison County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<2> to the north of the Sardis that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Sardis.
Wetzel County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sardis [Wetzel County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sardis ...
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.
Bishops Ridge (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishops Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Sardis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sardis and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sardis to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 332 miles [534.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Sardis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- Sardis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sardis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1263, Longitude: -80.7762 In this case, the coordinates for Sardis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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 Sardis 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.
<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 Sardis 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 310.183 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.494 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.508 degrees.