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Catherine Furnace

Catherine Furnace from directly overhead

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

Coordinates38.55770, -78.63552

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 25
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 17
Artworks: 13
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 11.8 mi
  • Pavilian: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
Nature reserves: 4

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Catherine Furnace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HazeltopESE 119°1,149 m11.3 mi
BlackrockE 101°1,116 m10.6 mi
Bush MountainSE 127°1,076 m11.8 mi
Lairds KnobSW 214°1,000 m9.1 mi
Grubbs KnobSW 217°975 m7.5 mi
Morgan KnobSW 215°936 m4.3 mi
Third MountainSW 215°932 m4.3 mi
Kaylor KnobSSW 211°889 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5120:0320:43
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:2916:1616:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035475562676561504032

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1022371672

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