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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 Harbor Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harbor Hills 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 Harbor Hills:
    • 38.460401, -76.589680
    • 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 Harbor Hills
  • 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Since Harbor Hills is near Saint Mary's County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Harbor Hills

Communities Also Named Harbor Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named Harbor Hills.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Harbor Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the north of the Harbor Hills that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Harbor Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km]<1> to the west of the Harbor Hills that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Harbor Hills [Muskegon County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harbor Hills that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Licking County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harbor Hills that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Bradley County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harbor Hills that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Harbor Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • This Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the south of the Harbor Hills that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Harbor Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harbor Hills ...

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.

  • Another Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Another Place is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Another Place
  • Battle ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Battle is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
  • Cypress Knolls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Knolls is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Knolls
  • Emerald Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Emerald Cove is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Cove
  • Follywoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Follywoods is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Follywoods
  • Forest Glade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Forest Glade is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
  • Fox Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Hill is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Halls Hacienda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Halls Hacienda is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hacienda
  • Home Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Home Place is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
  • Horse Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Horse Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
  • Island Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Island Creek is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
  • Mutual
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Mutual is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Mutual Consent
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Mutual Consent is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Consent
    • Nostalgia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Nostalgia is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nostalgia
    • Queen Tree Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen Tree Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Tree Landing
    • Valley Lee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Lee is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
    • Williams Wharf
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Williams Wharf is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Wharf

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

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

  • Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the North.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Harbor Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,897 miles [9,490.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harbor Hills) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Harbor Hills 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 Harbor Hills 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 Harbor Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4604, Longitude: -76.5897       In this case, the coordinates for Harbor Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.655 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.105 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.697 degrees.