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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 Harford Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harford Village and the surrounding area.
- 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 Harford Village:
- 39.557607, -76.374961
- 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 Harford Village
- 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 Harford Village 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 Harford Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harford Village ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedarwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Forest Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Lake is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Frogtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Frogtown is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Heritage Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heritage Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles 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 west)
- High Point is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hill-N-Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill-N-Dale is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
- Homestead Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
- Howard Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Howard Park is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Park
- Locust Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Knoll is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knoll
- Longmeadow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Longmeadow is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Majors Choice
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Majors Choice is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Choice
- Marywood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marywood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
- Michaels Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Michaels Meadows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Meadows
- Parliament Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Parliament Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Ridge
- Pine Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Ridgeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeview is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rock Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rock Spring is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Shamrock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Silver Spring Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winters Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winters Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run
How Far From Harford Village 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 Harford Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Harford Village and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Harford Village to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 57 miles [91.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,842 miles [9,401.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harford Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Harford Village 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 Harford Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5576, Longitude: -76.3750 In this case, the coordinates for Harford Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.453 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.045 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.174 degrees. |
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