Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ady, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ady and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ady
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Ady:
- 39.638717, -76.332737
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ady
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Ady is near Montgomery County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- eBird sighting report for York County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ady ...
We found two communities that share the name Ady.
Within Maryland, the name Ady is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ady ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Cherry Hill is located in Harford County
- Chestnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County
- Deer Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Deercreek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Dublin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Ferncliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Highland ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Highland View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Highland View is located in Harford County
- Hill-N-Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill-N-Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
- Hill-N-Dale is located in Harford County
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Harford County
- Minefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Pheasant Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Ridge
- Pheasant Ridge is located in Harford County
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- Poplar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Harford County
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Rockridge Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockridge Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockridge Forest
- Rockridge Forest is located in Harford County
- Scenic View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
- Scenic View is located in Harford County
- Seven Cedars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Cedars have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
- Seven Cedars is located in Harford County
- Street
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Street is located in Harford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Street <4>
- Viking Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viking Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Highlands
- Viking Highlands is located in Harford County
- Poplar Grove
How Far From Ady to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ady to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ady and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the South.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 46 miles [74 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ady to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 63 miles [101.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,419 miles [7,111.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ady. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harford County: www.co.ha.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Ady could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ady) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ady. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6387, Longitude: -76.3327 In this case, the coordinates for Ady have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ady to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.421 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.022 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.123 degrees. |