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Welcome to Bright Oaks ...

Bright Oaks is located in Harford County<1>.

Bright Oaks is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bright Oaks lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bright Oaks: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Bright Oaks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bright Oaks - it's located in Illinois.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bright Oaks.

Communities near Bright Oaks ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bright Oaks.

  • Aberdeen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Havre de Grace
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • New Freedom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Perryville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Rising Sun
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Stewartstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Charlestown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Port Deposit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Delta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Delta is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>
  • Fawn Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bright Oaks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bright Oaks.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bright Oaks. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bright Oaks.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bright Oaks. See our Newspapers Page for Bright Oaks.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bright Oaks ...

Looking for more information about Bright Oaks? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bright Oaks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bright Oaks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Harford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bright Oaks - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Bright Oaks area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Bright Oaks area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.