Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Furnace and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Furnace
- 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 Furnace:
- 34.649028, -85.090971
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Furnace
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since Furnace is near Chattooga County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chattooga County
- eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Furnace ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Furnace.
Within Georgia, the name Furnace is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Furnace is located in Harford County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<3> to the northeast of the Furnace that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Furnace.
- Worcester County
- This Furnace is located in Worcester County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km] to the east northeast of the Furnace that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Furnace.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Hickman County
- This Furnace is located in Hickman County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Furnace that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Furnace.
- Johnson 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 Tennessee community of Furnace [Johnson County].
- Virginia
- Page County
- This Furnace is located in Page County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Furnace that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Furnace.
- Spotsylvania 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 Furnace [Spotsylvania County].
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Furnace ...
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.
- Beatum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Carbondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Carbondale is located in Whitfield County
- Chestnutflat ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnutflat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutflat
- Chestnutflat is located in Walker County
- Five Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Springs
- Five Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Greenbush ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Hill City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Naomi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Sugar Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Sugar Valley is located in Gordon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Valley <5>
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Gordon County
How Far From Furnace 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 Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Furnace once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Furnace and extending to:
- LaFayette, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Furnace to LaFayette, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,011 miles [8,064.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Walker County: www.co.walker.ga.us/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Furnace 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Furnace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6490, Longitude: -85.0910 In this case, the coordinates for Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Furnace to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.707 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.327 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.349 degrees. |