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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 Van Buren Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Van Buren 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 Van Buren Furnace:
- 38.976220, -78.556123
- 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 Van Buren 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 Shenandoah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Since Van Buren Furnace is near Hardy County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Van Buren Furnace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Van Buren 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.
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Gravel Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Readus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Readus is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readus
- Rockland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Toms Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren Furnace and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Shenandoah County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Van Buren Furnace to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east (E). 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 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,543 miles [7,311.2 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9762, Longitude: -78.5561 In this case, the coordinates for Van Buren Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.787 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.328 degrees. |
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