Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Broad Creek Park

• 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 Broad Creek Park:
  • 39.696495, -76.238289
  • 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 Broad Creek Park

• 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 Broad Creek Park is near Cecil County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Broad Creek Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Broad Creek Park ...

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.

• Bald Friar ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bald Friar is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
• Cooper
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cooper is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
• Dublin
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dublin is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
• Five Points ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Five Points is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Glen Cove ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Cove is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
• Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Peach Bottom
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Peach Bottom is located in Lancaster County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peach Bottom <1>
• Pilot
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pilot is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
• Pleasant Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Lancaster County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Poplar Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Poplar Grove is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
• Prospect
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Prospect is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
• Rock Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rock Springs is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
• Slate Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Slate Hill is located in York County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
• Whispering Pines
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Broad Creek Park 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 Broad Creek Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Broad Creek Park to Bel Air, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,413 miles [7,102 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'