Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sandy Summit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Summit and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy Summit

• 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 Summit:
  • 38.899251, -81.507623
  • 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 Summit

• 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 Roane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
  • Since Sandy Summit is near Jackson County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Summit

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy Summit ...

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.

• Buffalo ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Dukes
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dukes is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
• Jones Crossing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jones Crossing is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
• LeRoy
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • LeRoy is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeRoy
• Liverpool
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Liverpool is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
• Marshall
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Marshall is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
• Meadowdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
• Peewee
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Peewee is located in Wirt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
• Reedy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Reedy is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
• Seaman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Seaman is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaman
• Sunflower
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sunflower is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
• Zackville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Zackville is located in Wirt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zackville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sandy Summit and extending to:

• Spencer, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Summit to Spencer, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'