Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Boone 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 Boone Furnace:
  • 38.466746, -83.123232
  • 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 Boone 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
  • Since Boone Furnace is near Greenup County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenup 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 Boone Furnace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boone 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.

• Brushart
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brushart is located in Greenup County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushart
• Carter
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Carter is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Charlotte Furnace
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlotte Furnace is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Furnace
• Iron Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Iron Hill is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
• Load
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Load is located in Greenup County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Load
• Poplar
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplar is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
• Smoky Valley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley
• Tannery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tannery is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
• Upper Bruce
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Upper Bruce is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Bruce
• Wolf
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wolf is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf

How Far From Boone Furnace 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 Boone Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Grayson, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boone Furnace to Grayson, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'