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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 Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Beach 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 Beach:
    • 43.056445, -78.959763
    • 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 Beach
  • 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 Beach ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Sandy Beach.

Within New York, the name Sandy Beach is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, nine are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Litchfield County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Sussex County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Carroll County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Penobscot County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk 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 Massachusetts community of Sandy Beach [Norfolk County].
      • Worcester County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Worcester County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the east of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Michigan
      • Cass County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Cass County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Sandy Beach.
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the west southwest of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Sandy Beach lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize County
      • This Sandy Beach is located in Auglaize County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Auglaize County community of Sandy Beach.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Sandy Beach.
    • Quebec
      • This Sandy Beach lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Sandy Beach lies 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sandy Beach that is located in Erie County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Beach ...

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.

  • Colonial Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Colonial Village is located in Niagara County
  • Edgewater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
    • Edgewater is located in Erie County
  • Falls View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
  • Ferry Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
    • Ferry Village is located in Erie County
  • Green Acres Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres Valley
    • Green Acres Valley is located in Erie County
  • Love Canal ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Love Canal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Canal
    • Love Canal is located in Niagara County
  • Martinsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Martinsville is located in Niagara County
  • Sour Spring Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sour Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour Spring Grove
    • Sour Spring Grove is located in Erie County
  • Varsity Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Varsity Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Village
    • Varsity Village is located in Niagara County

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

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

  • Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Beach to Buffalo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 304 miles [489.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,400 miles [7,081.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Erie County: www.erie.gov/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0564, Longitude: -78.9598       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Beach 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 Beach 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>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.
<4>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.
<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 Sandy Beach 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 308.765 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.077 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.929 degrees.




 

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