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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 Forest Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill:
    • 39.585106, -76.387739
    • 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 Forest Hill
  • 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 Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill

Communities Also Named Forest Hill ...

We found 45 communities that are also named Forest Hill.

Within Maryland, the name Forest Hill is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of 45 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 45 communities, 41 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Mobile County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Forest Hill.
    • California
      • San Francisco County
      • This Forest Hill is located in San Francisco County and lies 2,459 miles [3,957.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Francisco County community of Forest Hill.
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Gunnison County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Forest Hill.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Cook County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Forest Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Decatur County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Decatur County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the west of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Forest Hill.
      • Posey County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Posey County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km] to the west of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Forest Hill.
    • Kansas
      • Lyon County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Forest Hill.
      • Morris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Forest Hill [Morris County].
      • Russell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Forest Hill [Russell County].
      • Wallace County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Forest Hill [Wallace County].
    • Kentucky
      • McCracken County
      • This Forest Hill is located in McCracken County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the west of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Forest Hill.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Forest Hill is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Forest Hill.
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Forest Hill is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Forest Hill.
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Forest Hill [Suffolk County].
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Gratiot County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Forest Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Hinds County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Forest Hill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Forest Hill lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Forest Hill [Camden County].
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Forest Hill [Essex County].
      • Ocean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Forest Hill [Ocean County].
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Forsyth County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Forest Hill.
      • Wayne County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Wayne County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Forest Hill.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Forest Hill lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Forest Hill [Cuyahoga County].
      • Summit County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Summit County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Forest Hill.
    • Oklahoma
      • Le Flore County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Le Flore County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Forest Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Forest Hill lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Union County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Union County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Forest Hill.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Forest Hill lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Blount County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Forest Hill.
      • Cocke County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Cocke County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Forest Hill.
      • Cumberland County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Forest Hill [Cumberland County].
      • Giles County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Forest Hill [Giles County].
      • Humphreys County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Humphreys County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Forest Hill.
      • Shelby County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Shelby County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Forest Hill.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Harris County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Forest Hill.
      • Lamar County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Lamar County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Forest Hill.
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Forest Hill [Potter County].
      • Tarrant County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Forest Hill.
      • Wood County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Wood County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km] to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Forest Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Forest Hill [Brunswick County].
      • Campbell County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Campbell County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Forest Hill.
      • Lynchburg City
      • This Forest Hill is located in Lynchburg City and lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Forest Hill.
      • Richmond City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Forest Hill [Richmond City].
    • West Virginia
      • Summers County
      • This Forest Hill is located in Summers County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Hill that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summers County community of Forest Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Hill ...

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.

  • Cedarwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cedarwood is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Cherry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Chrome Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chrome Hill is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Hill
  • Coopstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Coopstown is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
  • Ferncliff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ferncliff is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
  • Forest Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Forest Lake is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Frogtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Frogtown is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Heritage Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Hickory
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hickory is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • High Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • High Point is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Highfield Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Highfield Park is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield Park
    • Hill-N-Dale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Hill-N-Dale is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
    • Howard Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Howard Park is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Park
    • Longmeadow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Longmeadow is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
    • Majors Choice
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Majors Choice is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Choice
    • Marywood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Marywood is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
    • Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Michaels Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Michaels Meadows is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Meadows
    • Parliament Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Parliament Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Ridge
    • Pheasant Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Pheasant Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Ridge
    • Pine Crest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Crest is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Pleasantville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasantville is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Ridgeview
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Ridgeview is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Rock Spring
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rock Spring is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
    • Scenic View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Scenic View is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
    • Seven Cedars
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Seven Cedars is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
    • Shamrock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shamrock is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Stirrup Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Stirrup Run is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrup Run

How Far From Forest Hill to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest Hill 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 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Forest Hill to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Forest Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forest Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Forest Hill 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5851, Longitude: -76.3877       In this case, the coordinates for Forest Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.055 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.169 degrees.