Glass House

Glass House is a cabin in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Glass House is situated nearby to the park Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area, as well as near High Peak.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elizabeth Furnace.

Elizabeth Furnace

Campsite

Photo: Wikifreaki, Public domain.

Elizabeth Furnace was a blast furnace in the Shenandoah Valley that was used to create pig iron from 1836 to 1888 using Passage Creek for water power. Iron ore was mined nearby, purified in the furnace, and then pig iron was transported over the Massanutten Mountain to the South Fork of the Shenandoah River for forging in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Elizabeth Furnace is situated 1 mile northeast of Glass House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strasburg and Toms Brook.

Strasburg

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Strasburg is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, which was founded in 1761 by Peter Stover. It is the largest town by population in the county and is known for its grassroots art culture, pottery, antiques, and American Civil War history.

Toms Brook

Village

Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Toms Brook is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Toms Brook had a population of 276. Toms Brook is situated 5 miles west of Glass House.

Bentonville

Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bentonville is a small town in the US state of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. It is located near both the George Washington National Forest and the Shenandoah National Park in Warren County.

Glass House

Type: Cabin
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91699° or 38° 55′ 1″ north

Longitude

-78.34684° or 78° 20′ 49″ west

Operator

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club

Open location code

87C3WM83+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 429464129

OpenStreetMap feature

building=cabin

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