Glenwood Furnace

Glenwood Furnace: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this heritage site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Glenwood Furnace

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Glenwood Furnace — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.59636, -79.50497. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Glenwood Furnace

• Natural Bridge of Virginia · attraction · Rockbridge · ~6 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge Zoo · church · Alleghany · ~7 km · Must-see
• Thunder Ridge Wilderness · sanctuary · Rockbridge · ~8 km · Must-see
• James River Face Wilderness · sanctuary · Bedford · ~8 km · Must-see
• Apple Orchard Mountain · viewpoint · Botetourt · ~11 km · Must-see
• Apple Orchard Falls · waterfall · Alleghany · ~11 km · Must-see
• Peaks of Otter Lake · lake · Monroe · ~24 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church · church · Lexington · ~27 km · Must-see
• University Chapel · church · Lexington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel · church · Monroe · ~33 km · Must-see
• House Mountain (Rockbridge County, Virginia) · viewpoint · Greenbrier · ~33 km · Must-see
• Longdale Recreation Area · park · Greenbrier · ~35 km · Must-see
• National D-Day Memorial · attraction · Bedford · ~37 km · Must-see
• Peaks View Park · church · Pocahontas · ~39 km · Must-see
• Rich Hole Wilderness · sanctuary · Alleghany · ~41 km · Must-see
• Buford's Gap · viewpoint · Monroe · ~42 km · Must-see
• Rocky Mountain · viewpoint · Pocahontas · ~45 km · Must-see
• Historic Sandusky · sanctuary · Monroe · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Glenwood Furnace

Other forts & heritage near Glenwood Furnace

• Point of Honor Monument · fort · Monroe · ~47 km · Must-see
• Locust Hill · fort · Pittsylvania · ~73 km · Must-see
• Fort Lewis Mountain · fort · Monroe · ~83 km · Must-see
• Fort Edward Johnson · fort · Preston · ~101 km · Must-see
• Foster Site · fort · Charles · ~125 km · Must-see
• Jack's Creek Covered Bridge · fort · Patrick · ~144 km · Must-see
• Cedar Hill · fort · Rockbridge · ~21 km
• Lexington Historic District · fort · Lexington · ~27 km
• Virginia Military Institute Historic District · fort · Lexington · ~28 km
• Callie Furnace · fort · Botetourt · ~43 km

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