Furnace Spring
Furnace Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1,047 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south-southwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Man, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stony Man Lookout · 1 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 1 mi
- Hemlock Springs Overlook · 1 mi
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stony Man: 0.4 mi
- Bushytop: 0.6 mi
- Little Stony Man: 0.7 mi
- Millers Head: 0.8 mi
- Pollock Knob: 1.1 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 3.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 5.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 6.5 mi
- Eugene Park: 6.9 mi
- Carillon Park: 7.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 6.0 mi
- CCC Camp: 6.2 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 6.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 6.4 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 7.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.5 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.1 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 6.3 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 7.3 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 7.3 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 7.3 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 2.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 3.4 mi
- Davids Spring: 5.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hiden Spring: 13.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 2.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Pavilian: 11.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 6.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 6.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 7.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 7.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 7.3 mi
- Love: 7.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 17.5 mi
- Cootie Bug: 17.5 mi
- LOVE: 22.3 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.3 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.6 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 15.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 20.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 21.0 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Furnace Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SSW 196° | 1,232 m | 3.0 mi |
| Stony Man | E 84° | 1,220 m | 0.4 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,172 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | SSW 205° | 1,149 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bushytop | SW 223° | 1,142 m | 0.6 mi |
| Nakedtop | SSW 209° | 1,138 m | 3.1 mi |
| Spitler Hill | S 189° | 1,138 m | 4.0 mi |
| Betty's Rock | S 184° | 1,131 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,546 | 1,918 | 2,154 | 2,087 | 1,751 | 1,259 | 753 | 790 | 1,114 | 983 | 1,144 | 1,420 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge S F Shenandoah River Near Luray, VA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander204 obs
- mountain laurel166 obs
- red columbine160 obs
- fly poison159 obs
- Allegheny stonecrop156 obs
- Canadian lousewort136 obs
- White-tailed Deer118 obs
- large white trillium112 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6625010118
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 8 mi
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