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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:
- 41.073972, -76.934965
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Old Furnace is near Northumberland County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 ...
- Beaver County
- This Old Furnace is located in Beaver County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the west of the Old Furnace that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Old Furnace.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Old Furnace is located in Sussex County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Old Furnace that is located in Union 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.
- Buffalo Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Crossroads
- Delaware Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Run
- Fairville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Fritz ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fritz is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz
- Kelly Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Crossroads
- Kelly Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kelly Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Point
- Lewisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Spring Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Springtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Springtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Tannertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tannertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannertown
- Turbotville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Warrior Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warrior Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
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:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Old Furnace to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,390 miles [7,065 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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: 41.0740, Longitude: -76.9350 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 307.669 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.528 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.802 degrees. |
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