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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 ...
  • 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Sandy Furnace

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)
    • Big Sandy is located in Boyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
  • Bolton ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bolton is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Boltsfork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltsfork
  • Cloverdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale is located in Boyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Dennis ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dennis is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Fallsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fallsburg is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
  • Goldie ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Goldie is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldie
  • Grant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grant is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Green Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Green Valley is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hicksville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hicksville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
  • Lizzie ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lizzie is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
  • Music
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Music is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rush
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Straight Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Straight Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
    • Stringtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stringtown is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Trace
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Trace is located in Boyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace
    • Trinity
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Trinity is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Williams Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Williams Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sandy Furnace and extending to:

  • Catlettsburg, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandy Furnace to Catlettsburg, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandy Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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.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>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.347 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.281 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.381 degrees.