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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 Ohio Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ohio 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 Ohio Furnace:
- 38.602857, -82.784611
- 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 Ohio 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 Scioto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scioto County
- Since Ohio Furnace is near Lawrence County and also Greenup 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 Greenup 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 Ohio Furnace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ohio 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.
- Flatwoods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenup
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanging Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Junior Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Junior Furnace is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior Furnace
- Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Oliver Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oliver Station is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Station
- Raceland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
- Raceland Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Raceland Junction is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
How Far From Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Furnace and extending to:
- Portsmouth, which is the Seat of Scioto County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ohio Furnace to Portsmouth, 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 four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 95 miles [152.9 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 310 miles [498.9 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 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6029, Longitude: -82.7846 In this case, the coordinates for Ohio Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.362 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.35 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.285 degrees. |
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