Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Charlotte 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 Charlotte Furnace:
  • 38.411747, -83.033228
  • 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte Furnace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Charlotte 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.

• Boone Furnace
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
• Brushart
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Brushart is located in Greenup County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushart
• Carter
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Carter is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Counts Crossroads
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Crossroads
• Gregoryville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gregoryville is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregoryville
• Hopewell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hopewell is located in Greenup County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Iron Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Iron Hill is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
• Poplar
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Poplar is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
• Wolf
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wolf is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf

How Far From Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte Furnace and extending to:

• Grayson, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Charlotte Furnace to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 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 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,760 miles [7,660.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'