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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 Level, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Level 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 Sandy Level:
    • 36.568749, -79.719201
    • 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 Level
  • 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Since Sandy Level is near Rockingham County and also Pittsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania 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 Level

Communities Also Named Sandy Level ...

We found one communities that are also named Sandy Level.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Sandy Level.

Beyond Virginia.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Sandy Level [Pittsylvania County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Level ...

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.

  • Bearslide
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bearslide is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearslide
  • Berry Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Berry Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill
  • Boxwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Boxwood is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Cascade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Creekridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Creekridge is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekridge
  • Eden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
  • Grand Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grand Oaks is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Irisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Irisburg is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
  • Leaksville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leaksville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
  • Leaksville Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leaksville Junction is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville Junction
  • Meadow Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
  • Spray ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray

How Far From Sandy Level 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 Level to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Collinsville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Level to Collinsville, 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.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 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 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 Level 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Level) 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 Sandy Level 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 Level. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5687, Longitude: -79.7192       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Level have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.557 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.989 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.642 degrees.