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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 Green Spring Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Spring Furnace and the surrounding area.
- 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 Green Spring Furnace:
- 39.622596, -77.974444
- 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 Green Spring 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Green Spring Furnace is near Berkeley County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Green Spring Furnace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Spring 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 Pool
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Cherry Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Clear Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ernstville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ernstville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernstville
- Four Locks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Four Locks is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Locks
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Greenspring Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenspring Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspring Hill
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Little Georgetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Mountain Vistas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Vistas is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vistas
- Runners Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Runners Ferry is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runners Ferry
- Two Locks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Two Locks is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Locks
How Far From Green Spring 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 Green Spring 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 Green Spring Furnace and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Green Spring Furnace to Hagerstown, 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.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,492 miles [7,229.2 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 '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- Green Spring 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 Green Spring 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 Green Spring Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6226, Longitude: -77.9744 In this case, the coordinates for Green Spring Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.402 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.133 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.836 degrees. |
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