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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 Furnace Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Furnace Woods 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 Furnace Woods:
- 41.264816, -73.885970
- 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 Furnace Woods
- 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Since Furnace Woods is near Rockland County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Furnace Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Furnace Woods ...
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.
- Chimney Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chimney Corners is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corners
- Continental Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Gallows Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gallows Hill is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
- Huntersville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Jones Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Point is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- King's Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- King's Ferry is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Ferry
- Lake Mohegan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Lake Peekskill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peekskill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasantside is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantside
- Roe Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roe Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Park
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Toddville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Toddville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
How Far From Furnace Woods 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 Furnace Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Furnace Woods and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Furnace Woods to White Plains, 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 96 miles [154.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,250 miles [6,839.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Furnace Woods) 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 Furnace Woods 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 Furnace Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2648, Longitude: -73.8860 In this case, the coordinates for Furnace Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.811 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.458 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.361 degrees. |
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