RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Virginia >> Page County >> Catherine Furnace >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Catherine Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Catherine Furnace and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Catherine Furnace:
    • 38.557622, -78.635572
    • 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 Catherine 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
    • Since Catherine Furnace is near Rockingham County and also Shenandoah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah 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 Catherine Furnace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Catherine 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.

  • Alpine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Alpine is located in Shenandoah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Comertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Comertown is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comertown
  • Fleeburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fleeburg is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeburg
  • Furnace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Furnace is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Greenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Grove Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove Hill is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Honeyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Honeyville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
  • Intersections
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Intersections is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intersections
  • Lacey Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
  • Leaksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Leaksville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
  • Marksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Marksville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Mayland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mayland is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shavertown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Shavertown is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavertown
    • Stanley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Tenth Legion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Tenth Legion is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenth Legion
    • Whitehouse Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitehouse Landing is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing

How Far From Catherine 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 Catherine 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 Catherine Furnace and extending to:

  • Luray, which is the Seat of Page County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Catherine Furnace to Luray, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Catherine 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 Catherine 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 Catherine Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5576, Longitude: -78.6356       In this case, the coordinates for Catherine Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.854 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.484 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.514 degrees.