Catherine Furnace
Catherine Furnace is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Hazeltop stands 1,149 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pitt Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
Place in Virginia listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Wikidata Q15208020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 31.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 11 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 11 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 11 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Market Community Park: 6.3 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 6.5 mi
- Rebel Park: 6.7 mi
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- Carillon Park: 11.2 mi
- Big Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Short Horse Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bird Knob: 3.2 mi
- First Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Roark Hill: 3.7 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 7.6 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 9.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 10.0 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 11.0 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 5.1 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 6.7 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 7.0 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 7.0 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 7.7 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 10.4 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 11.8 mi
- Pitt Spring: 1.3 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 8.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 10.7 mi
- Elkton Spring: 10.8 mi
- Hiden Spring: 11.2 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 9.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 10.9 mi
- Cootie Bug: 11.0 mi
- Love: 11.1 mi
- Flames: 14.5 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 7.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 11.0 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 11.1 mi
- The Garden Maze: 11.1 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 12.0 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 10.8 mi
- Pavilian: 13.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 16.5 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.4 mi
- Heishman Garden: 14.6 mi
- ISAT Patio: 15.0 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 15.2 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 23.3 mi
- Old grape garden: 23.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 15.0 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 18.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Catherine Furnace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazeltop | ESE 119° | 1,149 m | 11.3 mi |
| Blackrock | E 101° | 1,116 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | SE 130° | 1,083 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bush Mountain | SE 127° | 1,076 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lairds Knob | SW 214° | 1,000 m | 9.1 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | SW 217° | 975 m | 7.5 mi |
| Morgan Knob | SW 215° | 936 m | 4.3 mi |
| Third Mountain | SW 215° | 932 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1022371672
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 11 mi
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