Sandy Roads
Sandy Roads is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Indian Hill stands 6 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Myrtle The Turtle, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. US-278 Scenic Highway passes 1.1 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2013
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the US-278 Scenic Highway
- 7.5 mi off the S-13 Scenic Highway
- 7.5 mi off the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway
- 8.7 mi off the S-163 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Barrell Landing · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lowcountry Celebration Park: 0.2 mi
- Compass Rose Park: 0.9 mi
- Sail Around the Sculpture Park: 1.1 mi
- Hilton Head Baseball Association: 2.3 mi
- Cross Island Boat Landing: 2.6 mi
- Hilton Head Island: 0.9 mi
- Kitchen Chimney: 3.7 mi
- Domestic Slave Quarters: 3.7 mi
- Plantation House: 3.7 mi
- Shelter Cove Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- The Sandbox: 0.3 mi
- Coastal Discovery Museum: 4.8 mi
- Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island: 5.9 mi
- Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation: 6.5 mi
- Bloody Point Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
- Legendary Golf: 1.9 mi
- Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf: 2.7 mi
- Liberty Oak Tree: 3.5 mi
- Shell Point: 6.4 mi
- Bull Point: 6.9 mi
- Myrtle The Turtle: 0.0 mi
- Myrtle: 0.3 mi
- Leaves Blowing In The Wind: 0.6 mi
- Stone Compass: 0.9 mi
- Charles Fraser: 0.9 mi
- Heritage Farms: 2.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.2 mi
- Hospital Courtyard: 8.9 mi
- Plant Demonstration: 19.1 mi
- Victory Heights Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- Bradley Beach: 5.2 mi
- Mitchelville Beach: 8.0 mi
- North Beach: 9.9 mi
- Savannah River Beach: 10.2 mi
- Mid Beach: 10.9 mi
- Kirk Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Victoria Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Victoria Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Bermuda Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Okatee Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Barnwell Hill: 20.1 mi
- Laurel Knoll: 20.7 mi
- Indian Hill: 20.8 mi
- Buzzard Knoll: 21.0 mi
- Calabash Knoll: 21.3 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 9.9 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 9.9 mi
- Tybee Island Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center Picnic Pavilion: 17.2 mi
- Wymberly Yacht Club: 21.1 mi
- Sgt. Jasper County Park: 21.5 mi
- Tybee National Wildlife Refuge: 11.9 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 20.4 mi
- Purrysburg: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandy Roads. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | NNE 31° | 6 m | 20.8 mi |
| Barnwell Hill | NNW 335° | 5 m | 20.1 mi |
| Laurel Knoll | NW 314° | 4 m | 20.7 mi |
| Buzzard Knoll | NW 314° | 4 m | 21.0 mi |
| Calabash Knoll | NW 315° | 4 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sassafras Hill | NW 312° | 4 m | 21.4 mi |
| Prevent Knoll | NW 315° | 4 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mill Hill | NW 314° | 4 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 19:57 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaufort Wwtp, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11413749961
Day trips start here
- Hilton Head Island · 3 mi
- Bluffton · 9 mi
- Tybee Island · 11 mi
- Savannah · 20 mi
- Skidaway Island · 23 mi
- Port Wentworth · 25 mi
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