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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 Greenfields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenfields 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 Greenfields:
    • 39.575106, -76.482465
    • 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 Greenfields
  • 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 Greenfields is near Baltimore County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Greenfields

Communities Also Named Greenfields ...

We found four communities that are also named Greenfields.

Within Maryland, the name Greenfields is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks 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 Pennsylvania community of Greenfields [Berks County].
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Greenfields is located in Sullivan County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Greenfields that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Greenfields.
      • Washington County
      • This Greenfields is located in Washington County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the west southwest of the Greenfields that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greenfields.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Greenfields is located in Albemarle County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greenfields that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Greenfields.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenfields ...

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.

  • Clover Field
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Clover Field is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Field
  • Coopstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Coopstown is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
  • Eagle View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eagle View is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle View
  • Fox Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fox Meadows is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows
  • Fox Meadows Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Meadows Woods is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows Woods
  • Foxwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Foxwood is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
  • Franklins Chance
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Franklins Chance is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklins Chance
  • Furnace
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Furnace is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Greenfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Harvest Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harvest Hills is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
  • High Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • High Point is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Highfield Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Highfield Park is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield Park
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hunt Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hunt Crest is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Crest
    • Hunting Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunting Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
    • Madonna
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Madonna is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonna
    • Orchard Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Orchard Lakes is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Lakes
    • Pleasantville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasantville is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Quiet Inheritance
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Quiet Inheritance is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Inheritance
    • Upper Crossroads
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
    • Willows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willows is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows

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

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

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Greenfields 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 55 miles [88.5 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 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 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Greenfields 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenfields) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Greenfields 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 Greenfields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5751, Longitude: -76.4825       In this case, the coordinates for Greenfields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.515 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.119 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.213 degrees.