We found eighteen communities that share the name Sandy Point.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Sandy Point.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, four are located in Canada and fifteen are in the United States.
This Sandy Point is located in Barbour County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Sandy Point.
Connecticut
New London County
This Sandy Point is located in New London County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Sandy Point.
Florida
Suwannee County
This Sandy Point is located in Suwannee County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suwannee County community of Sandy Point.
Georgia
Crawford County
This Sandy Point is located in Crawford County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Sandy Point.
Maine
Waldo County
This Sandy Point is located in Waldo County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Sandy Point.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Sandy Point is located in Wicomico County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Sandy Point.
New Jersey
Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Sandy Point [Ocean County].
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Sandy Point lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ontario
This Sandy Point lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the west.
Pennsylvania
Butler County
This Sandy Point is located in Butler County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Sandy Point.
Rhode Island
Kent 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 Rhode Island community of Sandy Point [Kent County].
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Sandy Point [Washington County].
Tennessee
Benton County
This Sandy Point is located in Benton County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Sandy Point.
Texas
Brazoria County
This Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Sandy Point.
Virginia
Northumberland County
This Sandy Point is located in Northumberland County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Sandy Point.
Westmoreland County
This Sandy Point is located in Westmoreland County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Sandy Point.
Washington
Island 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 Washington community of Sandy Point [Island County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Point ...
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.
Birchtown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Sandy Point to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy Point and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sandy Point to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,209 miles [8,383.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,788 miles [6,096.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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 from Point A (ie- Sandy Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7072, Longitude: -65.3225
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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 Point 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 . 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.
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If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
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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.
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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 Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.299 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.683 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.203 degrees.