Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sandy Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy Creek
- 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 Creek:
- 40.475346, -79.848383
- 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 Creek
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Sandy Creek is near Westmoreland County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- eBird sighting report for Butler 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sandy Creek ...
We found ten communities that share the name Sandy Creek.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Sandy Creek is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers 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 Alabama community of Sandy Creek [Chambers County].
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- This Sandy Creek is located in Fayette County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Sandy Creek.
- Morgan County
- This Sandy Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km] to the south southwest of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Sandy Creek.
- Louisiana
- Vernon Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Sandy Creek [Vernon Parish].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sandy Creek.
- New York
- Oswego County
- This Sandy Creek is located in Oswego County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Sandy Creek.
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- This Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Sandy Creek.
- Wilson County
- This Sandy Creek is located in Wilson County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the south southeast of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Sandy Creek.
- Quebec
- This Sandy Creek lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Sandy Creek that is located in Allegheny County.
- Texas
- Milam 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 Texas community of Sandy Creek [Milam County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Creek ...
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.
- Crescent Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Crescent Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Frick Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frick Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Park
- Frick Park is located in Allegheny County
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Homewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Leak Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Allegheny County
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Nadine
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Peter Mans Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter Mans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Mans Corner
- Peter Mans Corner is located in Allegheny County
- Point Breeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Breeze have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Point Breeze is located in Allegheny County
- Regency Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Regency Park is located in Allegheny County
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shadow Shuttle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadow Shuttle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Shuttle
- Shadow Shuttle is located in Allegheny County
- Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Unity Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Junction
- Unity Junction is located in Allegheny County
- Universal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
- Shadow Shuttle
How Far From Sandy Creek 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 Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy Creek and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sandy Creek to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 184 miles [296.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Creek 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4753, Longitude: -79.8484 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Sandy Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.494 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.503 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.345 degrees. |