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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 Old Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old 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 Old Furnace:
- 40.795343, -80.170061
- 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 Old 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Old Furnace is near Butler County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Old Furnace
Communities Also Named Old Furnace ...
We found five communities that are also named Old Furnace.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Old Furnace.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Union County
- This Old Furnace is located in Union County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the east of the Old Furnace that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Old Furnace.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Old Furnace is located in Sussex County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Old Furnace that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Old Furnace.
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Old Furnace [Worcester County].
- New York
- Essex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Old Furnace [Essex County].
- Virginia
- Rockingham County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Old Furnace [Rockingham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old 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.
- Celia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Celia is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
- Evans City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Eden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Eden is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harmony Junction is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Junction
- Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Lillyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pyles Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pyles Mills is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Mills
- Sunflower
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunflower is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Old Furnace to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Furnace and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Furnace to Beaver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 211 miles [339.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Old Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Old Furnace could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | 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 Old Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Old 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 Old Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7953, Longitude: -80.1701 In this case, the coordinates for Old Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.676 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.759 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.373 degrees. |
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