Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fork and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fork
- 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 Fork:
- 39.468163, -76.441907
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fork
- 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Since Fork is near Harford County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Harford County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fork ...
We found six communities that share the name Fork.
Within Maryland, the name Fork is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Michigan
- Antrim 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 Michigan community of Fork [Antrim County].
- Mecosta 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 Michigan community of Fork [Mecosta County].
- North Carolina
- Davie County
- This Fork is located in Davie County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Fork that is located in Baltimore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davie County community of Fork.
- Pamlico 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 North Carolina community of Fork [Pamlico County].
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fork ...
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.
- Dunwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Glen Arm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Arm
- Glen Arm is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Arm <4>
- Gunpowder Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunpowder Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder Farms
- Gunpowder Farms is located in Harford County
- Indian Princess
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Princess have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Princess
- Indian Princess is located in Harford County
- Jenkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Jerusalem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Jerusalem Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerusalem Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Mills
- Jerusalem Mills is located in Baltimore County
- Kings Country
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Country have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Country
- Kings Country is located in Baltimore County
- Kingsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsville <4>
- Kingswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Long Green Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Green Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Green Woods
- Long Green Woods is located in Baltimore County
- Lynchs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchs Corner
- Lynchs Corner is located in Harford County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Merrywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Pleasant Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in Harford County
- Stoneybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Stoneybrook is located in Harford County
- Valleybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleybrook
- Valleybrook is located in Harford County
- Merrywood
How Far From Fork 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 Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fork and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fork to Towson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 50 miles [80.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,848 miles [9,411.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,431 miles [7,131 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fork. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
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 Fork 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fork) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4682, Longitude: -76.4419 In this case, the coordinates for Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fork to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.499 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.084 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.239 degrees. |