Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sandy Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Run and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy Run
- 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 Run:
- 40.121748, -78.230289
- 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 Run
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Sandy Run is near Fulton County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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 Run ...
We found eight communities that share the name Sandy Run.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Sandy Run.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Greene County
- Luzerne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Hancock County
- This Sandy Run is located in Hancock County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sandy Run that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Sandy Run.
- Liberty County
- This Sandy Run is located in Liberty County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km] to the south southwest of the Sandy Run that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Sandy Run.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley 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 South Carolina community of Sandy Run [Berkeley County].
- Calhoun County
- This Sandy Run is located in Calhoun County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sandy Run that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Sandy Run.
- Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Sandy Run [Lexington County].
- Orangeburg County
- This Sandy Run is located in Orangeburg County and lies 489 miles [787 km] to the south southwest of the Sandy Run that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Sandy Run.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Run ...
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.
- Coaldale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Cypher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Defiance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Graceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Hickory Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in Bedford County
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hopewell is located in Bedford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
- Jerkwater
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Marble City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Marysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Bedford County
- Riddlesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Round Knob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Knob
- Round Knob is located in Bedford County
- Stone Row
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Side have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Sunny Side is located in Bedford County
- Yellow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
How Far From Sandy Run to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy Run and extending to:
- Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Run to Bedford, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 105 miles [169 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Run. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Run 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' (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 Run) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1217, Longitude: -78.2303 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Run to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.526 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.35 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.757 degrees. |