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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 Oxford Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oxford 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 Oxford Furnace:
- 37.375699, -79.041132
- 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 Oxford 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Oxford Furnace is near Amherst County and also Lynchburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lynchburg City
- 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 Oxford Furnace
Communities Also Named Oxford Furnace ...
We found one communities that are also named Oxford Furnace.
Within Virginia, the name Oxford Furnace is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Oxford Furnace in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Oxford Furnace [Warren County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oxford 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.
- Colony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Court House Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Court House Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Court House Hill
- Daniels Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Daniels Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Hill
- Deacon ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deacon is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Diamond Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Diamond Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Federal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Federal Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Joshua Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Kelly
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kelly is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merry Moor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merry Moor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Moor
- Old Stage Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Stage Run is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stage Run
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sandy Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Six Mile
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Six Mile is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
- Stonewall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Viking Fiord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viking Fiord is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Fiord
How Far From Oxford Furnace to ...
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 Oxford Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oxford Furnace and extending to:
- Rustburg, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Oxford Furnace to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Oxford 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oxford Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Oxford 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 Oxford Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3757, Longitude: -79.0411 In this case, the coordinates for Oxford Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.14 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.632 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.098 degrees. |
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