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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 Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Fork and the surrounding area.
- 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 Fork:
- 36.614863, -78.609168
- 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 Fork
- 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Sandy Fork is near Halifax County and also Charlotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte 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 Fork
Communities Also Named Sandy Fork ...
We found three communities that are also named Sandy Fork.
Within Virginia, the name Sandy Fork is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Sandy Fork is located in Sussex County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sandy Fork that is located in Mecklenburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Sandy Fork.
- Kentucky
- Leslie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sandy Fork [Leslie County].
- Texas
- Gonzales County
- This Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sandy Fork that is located in Mecklenburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Sandy Fork.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Fork ...
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.
- Blanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blanks is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanks
- Bluestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bluestone is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Buffalo Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Clarksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fields Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fields Ferry is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Ferry
- High Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- High Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Perfect Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perfect Point is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfect Point
- Pools Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pools Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Mill
- Red Bank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Rip Rap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rip Rap is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rip Rap
How Far From Sandy Fork 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 Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy Fork and extending to:
- Boydton, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Fork to Boydton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Fork 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fork 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 Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6149, Longitude: -78.6092 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.259 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.183 degrees. |
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