Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Longdale Furnace

• 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 Longdale Furnace:
  • 37.810130, -79.683378
  • 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 Longdale 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 Alleghany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
  • Since Longdale Furnace is near Rockbridge County and also Bath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockbridge County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath 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 Longdale Furnace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Longdale 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.

• California
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • California is located in Rockbridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
• Crane
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Crane is located in Bath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
• Daggers Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Daggers Springs is located in Botetourt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggers Springs
• Denmark
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Denmark is located in Rockbridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
• Gala
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gala is located in Botetourt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
• Iron Gate
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
• Longdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Longdale is located in Alleghany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
• Maple Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Maple Grove is located in Rockbridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Nicelytown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Nicelytown is located in Alleghany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicelytown
• Sycamore Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sycamore Valley is located in Rockbridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Valley

How Far From Longdale 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 Longdale Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Longdale Furnace and extending to:

• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Longdale Furnace to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,640 miles [7,467.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'