Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dover 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 Dover Furnace:
  • 41.684261, -73.587349
  • 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 Dover 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
  • Since Dover Furnace is near Litchfield County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Dover Furnace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dover 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.

• Bulls Bridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
• Chestnut Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chestnut Ridge is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
• Clove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Clove is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
• Dogtail Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
• Flanders
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Flanders is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
• High Plains
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • High Plains is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
• Kent
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <1>
• Kent Furnace
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent Furnace is located in Litchfield County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Furnace
• Littlerest
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Littlerest is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlerest
• Oniontown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Oniontown is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
• Pleasant Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Ridge is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
• Quaker Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Quaker Hill is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill

How Far From Dover 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 Dover 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 Dover Furnace and extending to:

• Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dover Furnace to Poughkeepsie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,637 miles [9,071.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,222 miles [6,794.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'