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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bagley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bagley and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Bagley:
    • 39.498441, -76.397739
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Bagley
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Since Bagley is near Baltimore County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Bagley

Communities Also Named Bagley ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bagley.

Within Maryland, the name Bagley is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bagley is located in Jefferson County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bagley.
    • Iowa
      • Guthrie County
      • This Bagley is located in Guthrie County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Bagley.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bagley [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • This Bagley is located in Menominee County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Bagley.
      • Otsego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bagley [Otsego County].
    • Minnesota
      • Clearwater County
      • This Bagley is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Bagley.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Bagley is located in Merrimack County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Bagley.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Bagley is located in Johnston County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Bagley.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Bagley is located in Grant County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bagley that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Bagley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bagley ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Camelot is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cloverdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Dunwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Dunwood is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwood
  • Fox Bow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox Bow is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bow
  • Gunpowder Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gunpowder Farms is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder Farms
  • Indian Princess
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Indian Princess is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Princess
  • Jerusalem
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jerusalem is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Jerusalem Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jerusalem Mills is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Mills
  • Joppa Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Joppa Hills is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Hills
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kingswood is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Locust Knoll
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Knoll is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knoll
  • Lynchs Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lynchs Corner is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchs Corner
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Mountain
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mountain is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
    • Pleasant Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Silver Spring Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoneybrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Stoneybrook is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
    • Valleybrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valleybrook is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleybrook
    • White House Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • White House Park is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Park
    • Winters Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Winters Run is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run

How Far From Bagley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bagley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bagley and extending to:

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Bagley to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bagley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bagley 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bagley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bagley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4984, Longitude: -76.3977       In this case, the coordinates for Bagley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.47 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.056 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.208 degrees.