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Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area

Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area from directly overhead

Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is High Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
225 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
George Washington National Forest
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.92733, -78.32877

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Strasburg Town Park: 3.6 mi
  • Strasburg Park: 3.6 mi
  • Strasburg Historic District: 4.6 mi
  • Hupp's Hill Civil War Park: 5.1 mi
  • Eastham Park: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • 128th New York Monument: 5.7 mi
  • South Carolina Monument: 5.8 mi
  • 8th Vermont Monument: 5.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 7.5 mi
Museums: 24
  • Strasburg Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Hupp's Hill Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Virginia Beer Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 19
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 7.3 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 12.6 mi
  • A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 18.6 mi
  • The Peacemakers: 18.8 mi
  • Bird In Flight: 18.9 mi
Springs: 17
Waterfalls: 10
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 7.9 mi
  • Pavilian: 17.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 5
  • W.O. Riley Park Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Old grape garden: 17.6 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainSSE 166°1,056 m11.8 mi
North MarshallSSE 147°1,024 m12.5 mi
SugarloafS 170°985 m12.2 mi
South MarshallSSE 151°979 m12.2 mi
Little Sluice MountainW 280°951 m14.9 mi
Little Hogback MountainSSE 162°940 m12.2 mi
Paddy MountainWNW 294°910 m13.7 mi
The PeakSE 144°889 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0320:43
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:2916:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643556371757467564637
Precip in2.82.53.83.44.44.53.64.04.83.43.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel75 obs
  • striped wintergreen67 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain58 obs
  • pink lady's slipper53 obs
  • Spongy Moth43 obs
  • northern green-and-gold42 obs
  • wild yam41 obs
  • rattlesnakeweed38 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356571536

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