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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 Sandrock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandrock 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 Sandrock:
    • 39.745081, -80.399797
    • 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 Sandrock
  • 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since Sandrock is near Monongalia County and also Wetzel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Sandrock

Communities Also Named Sandrock ...

We found three communities that are also named Sandrock.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Sandrock.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Fayette 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 Sandrock [Fayette County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Laclede 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 Missouri community of Sandrock [Laclede County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Iron 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 Wisconsin community of Sandrock [Iron County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandrock ...

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.

  • Buzz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buzz is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzz
  • Deep Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Deep Valley is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
  • Hero
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hero is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hero
  • Hundred
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunting Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunting Hills is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
  • Jollytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jollytown is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollytown
  • Maple
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Ned
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ned is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned
  • New Freeport
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • New Freeport is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freeport
  • Pine Bank
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pine Bank is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bank
  • Round Bottom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
  • Triumph
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Triumph is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
  • Windy Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Windy Gap is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Gap

How Far From Sandrock to ...

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 Sandrock to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sandrock and extending to:

  • Waynesburg, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandrock to Waynesburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,001 miles [9,657.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Sandrock 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandrock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Sandrock 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 Sandrock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7451, Longitude: -80.3998       In this case, the coordinates for Sandrock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.867 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.816 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.854 degrees.