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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 Bradford Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bradford Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bradford Village:
    • 39.528719, -76.327459
    • 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 Bradford Village
  • 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 Bradford Village 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 Bradford Village

Communities Also Named Bradford Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Bradford Village.

Within Maryland, the name Bradford Village is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Bradford Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bradford Village [Grant County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bradford Village ...

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.

  • Big Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Big Woods is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
  • Bright Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bright Oaks is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Oaks
  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Camelot is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cedar Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cedar Spring is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
  • Evergreen Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Evergreen Heights is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
  • Fairway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairway is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Forest Lawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Lawn is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
  • Fountain Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fountain Glen is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Glen
  • Fountain Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fountain Green is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
  • Fox Bow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Bow is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bow
  • Green Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Ridge is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Harold Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Harold Heights is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Heights
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Heritage Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Heritage Woods is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
    • Hickory Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Hickory Hills is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Hillview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillview is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
    • Homestead Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Homestead Village is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
    • Howard Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Howard Park is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Park
    • Hunters Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunters Run is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
    • Ivy Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Ivy Hill is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
    • Joppa Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Joppa Hills is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Hills
    • Kings Charter
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Kings Charter is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Charter
    • Locust Knoll
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Locust Knoll is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knoll
    • Longmeadow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Longmeadow is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
    • Majors Choice
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Majors Choice is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Choice
    • Marywood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Marywood is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
    • Michaels Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Michaels Corner is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Corner
    • Moorland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Moorland is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
    • Parliament Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Parliament Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Ridge
    • Parsons Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Parsons Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Ridge
    • Pine Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pine Crest is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Sable Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sable Woods is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable Woods
    • Scots Fancy
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Scots Fancy is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scots Fancy
    • Shamrock
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Shamrock is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Shucks Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Shucks Corners is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shucks Corners
    • Silver Spring Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Temple Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Temple Hills is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
    • Todd Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Todd Lakes is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Lakes

How Far From Bradford Village 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 Bradford Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bradford Village and extending to:

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Bradford Village 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 57 miles [91.7 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 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bradford Village 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bradford Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bradford Village 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 Bradford Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5287, Longitude: -76.3275       In this case, the coordinates for Bradford Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.427 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.011 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.166 degrees.