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 Hill:
40.271634, -75.810803
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 Hill
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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Furnace Hill.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Furnace Hill.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Fayette County
This Furnace Hill is located in Fayette County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the west of the Furnace Hill that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Furnace Hill.
Mercer County
This Furnace Hill is located in Mercer County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Furnace Hill that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Furnace Hill.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Furnace Hill [Colbert County].
Virginia
Smyth County
This Furnace Hill is located in Smyth County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Furnace Hill that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Furnace Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Furnace Hill ...
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.
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 Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Furnace Hill and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Furnace Hill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 115 miles [185.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,372 miles [7,036.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Furnace Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Furnace Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Hill 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 Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2716, Longitude: -75.8108 In this case, the coordinates for Furnace Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.06 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.711 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.639 degrees.