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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 Harewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harewood 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 Harewood:
    • 39.373164, -76.344403
    • 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 Harewood
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Harewood is near Harford County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 Harewood

Communities Also Named Harewood ...

We found four communities that are also named Harewood.

Within Maryland, the name Harewood is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • This Harewood lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harewood that is located in Baltimore County.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Harewood [Hamilton County].
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Harewood is located in Fayette County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harewood that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Harewood.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Harewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west of the Harewood that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Harewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harewood ...

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.

  • Bowleys Quarters
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowleys Quarters is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowleys Quarters
  • Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chase is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Dundee Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee Village is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Village
  • Edgewater Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
  • Gunpowder
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gunpowder is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder
  • Joppa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Joppa Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Joppa Landing is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Landing
  • Magnolia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Oliver Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Oliver Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Beach
  • Shady Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
  • Trimble Fields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trimble Fields is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Fields

How Far From Harewood to ...

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Harewood to Towson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 49 miles [78.9 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,430 miles [7,129.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harewood) 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 Harewood 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Harewood 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 Harewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3732, Longitude: -76.3444       In this case, the coordinates for Harewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.448 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.011 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.235 degrees.