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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 Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Bend 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 Bend:
- 46.240667, -122.914002
- 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 Bend
- 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 Cowlitz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cowlitz County
- Since Sandy Bend is near Columbia County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Bend
Communities Also Named Sandy Bend ...
We found one communities that are also named Sandy Bend.
Within Washington, the name Sandy Bend is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Sandy Bend in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Union County
- This Sandy Bend is located in Union County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sandy Bend that is located in Cowlitz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Sandy Bend.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Bend ...
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.
- Castle Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Evergreen Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Terrace is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Terrace
- Headquarters
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Headquarters is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
- Longview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Longview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rocky Point is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Silver Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Sandy Bend 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 Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sandy Bend and extending to:
- Kelso, which is the Seat of Cowlitz County, lies just to the South.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Bend to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,353 miles [3,786.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,633 miles [12,284.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Bend 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 Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2407, Longitude: -122.9140 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.844 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.234 degrees. |
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