The Sands
The Sands is a beach in Westmoreland County, Eastern Virginia, Virginia. The Sands is situated nearby to the hamlet Baynesville, as well as near Lerty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westmoreland State Park.
Westmoreland State Park
Park
Photo: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0.
Westmoreland State Park lies within Westmoreland County, Virginia. The park extends about one and a half miles along the Potomac River and covers 1,321 acres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baynesville and Lerty.
Baynesville
Hamlet
Baynesville is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. The community was named after a prominent Virginia family, the Baynes family, who first settled there in the 1600s. Baynesville is situated 2 miles south of The Sands.
Lerty
Hamlet
Lerty is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Stratford Hall Plantation, a National Historic Landmark and birthplace of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, is located near the community. Lerty is situated 2½ miles south of The Sands.
Stratford Mill
Hamlet
Stratford Hall is a historic house museum in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States. It was the plantation house of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia. Stratford Mill is situated 2½ miles east of The Sands.
The Sands
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Westmoreland County, Eastern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.17373° or 38° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
-76.87839° or 76° 52′ 42″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C554FC+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 670943413OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“The Sands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Sands (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “The Sands”
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