Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sandy Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandy Furnace and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sandy 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 Sandy Furnace:
- 38.248139, -82.753773
- 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 Sandy 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- Since Sandy Furnace is near Lawrence County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Carter 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandy 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.
- Big Sandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Bolton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Boltsfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Boyd County
- Dennis ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Fallsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
- Fallsburg is located in Lawrence County
- Goldie ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Lawrence County
- Hicksville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hicksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Hicksville is located in Lawrence County
- Lizzie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Music
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rush is located in Boyd County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush <3>
- Straight Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straight Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Straight Creek is located in Carter County
- Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Lawrence County
- Trace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Trinity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Williams Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
- Williams Creek is located in Carter County
- Rush
How Far From Sandy Furnace to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sandy Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Sandy Furnace and extending to:
- Catlettsburg, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Furnace to Catlettsburg, with an average speed<5> 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Furnace. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Furnace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2481, Longitude: -82.7538 In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sandy Furnace to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.347 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.281 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.381 degrees. |