Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sandy Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Bottom and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy Bottom
- 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 Bottom:
- 38.350961, -78.577237
- 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 Bottom
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Sandy Bottom is near Greene County and also Page County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for Page 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 Bottom ...
We found nine communities that share the name Sandy Bottom.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Sandy Bottom.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Amherst County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Amherst County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Sandy Bottom.
- Middlesex County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sandy Bottom [Middlesex County].
- Suffolk City
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Suffolk City and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Sandy Bottom.
- Amherst County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Atkinson County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Sandy Bottom.
- Clinch County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sandy Bottom [Clinch County].
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Calvert County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the east of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Sandy Bottom.
- Kent County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Kent County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east northeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sandy Bottom.
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Lenoir County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Sandy Bottom.
- Madison County
- This Sandy Bottom is located in Madison County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the southwest of the Sandy Bottom that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sandy Bottom.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Bottom ...
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.
- Almond ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Dawsons Shop ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawsons Shop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsons Shop
- Dawsons Shop is located in Greene County
- Fleeburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Island Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford
- Island Ford is located in Rockingham County
- Kinderhook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Lydia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Rocky Bar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Greene County
- Swift Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Williams Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Fork
- Williams Fork is located in Greene County
How Far From Sandy Bottom 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 Sandy Bottom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy Bottom and extending to:
- Harrisonburg, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Bottom to Harrisonburg, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 91 miles [146.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,692 miles [10,769.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Bottom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 Bottom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3510, Longitude: -78.5772 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Sandy Bottom 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. |
| <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 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 Bottom 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 308.829 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.424 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.564 degrees. |