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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 Bynum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bynum 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 Bynum:
    • 39.565166, -76.364747
    • 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 Bynum
  • 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 Bynum is near Montgomery County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Bynum

Communities Also Named Bynum ...

We found eight communities that are also named Bynum.

Within Maryland, the name Bynum is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Bynum is located in Calhoun County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bynum that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Bynum.
    • Indiana
      • Shelby 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 Indiana community of Bynum [Shelby County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lamar County
      • This Bynum is located in Lamar County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bynum that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Bynum.
      • Prentiss County
      • This Bynum is located in Prentiss County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km] to the west southwest of the Bynum that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Bynum.
    • Montana
      • Teton County
      • This Bynum is located in Teton County and lies 1,864 miles [2,999.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bynum that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Bynum.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham County
      • This Bynum is located in Chatham County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bynum that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Bynum.
    • South Carolina
      • Williamsburg 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 South Carolina community of Bynum [Williamsburg County].
    • Texas
      • Hill County
      • This Bynum is located in Hill County and lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bynum that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Bynum.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bynum ...

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 east)
    • Big Woods is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
  • Cedarwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cedarwood is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Forest Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Lake is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Fountain Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fountain Green is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
  • Frogtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Frogtown is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Heritage Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Hickory
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hickory is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
  • Hickory Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hill-N-Dale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hill-N-Dale is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
  • Homestead Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Homestead Village is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
  • Howard Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Howard Park is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Park
  • Longmeadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Longmeadow is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Majors Choice
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Majors Choice is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Choice
    • Marywood
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Marywood is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
    • Michaels Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Michaels Meadows is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Meadows
    • Parliament Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Parliament Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Ridge
    • Pheasant Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pheasant Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Ridge
    • Pine Crest
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pine Crest is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Ridgeview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridgeview is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Rock Spring
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rock Spring is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
    • Shamrock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Shamrock is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock

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

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

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Bynum to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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 just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 58 miles [93.3 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 5,841 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 4,424 miles [7,119.7 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 from Point A (ie- Bynum) 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 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 Bynum 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 Bynum 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 Bynum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5652, Longitude: -76.3647       In this case, the coordinates for Bynum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.446 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.039 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.167 degrees.