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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 Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Hill 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 Hill:
    • 40.290614, -83.152371
    • 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 Hill
  • 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Since Sandy Hill is near Union County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Hill

Communities Also Named Sandy Hill ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Sandy Hill.

Within Ohio, the name Sandy Hill is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Coffee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sandy Hill [Coffee County].
      • Wilkes County
      • This Sandy Hill is located in Wilkes County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<2> to the south of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Sandy Hill.
    • Louisiana
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Sandy Hill is located in Vernon Parish and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Sandy Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Sandy Hill is located in Howard County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<2> to the east of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Sandy Hill.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This Sandy Hill is located in Hampden County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Sandy Hill.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sandy Hill [Washington County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Sandy Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Sandy Hill is located in Brunswick County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Sandy Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Sandy Hill lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette 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 Pennsylvania community of Sandy Hill [Fayette County].
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sandy Hill [Montgomery County].
      • Perry 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 Pennsylvania community of Sandy Hill [Perry County].
    • Texas
      • Washington County
      • This Sandy Hill is located in Washington County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Sandy Hill that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sandy Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Hill ...

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.

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

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

  • Delaware, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Hill to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 339 miles [545.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hill 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hill 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 Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2906, Longitude: -83.1524    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.56 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.824 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.914 degrees.