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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 Harmony Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony 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 Harmony Hills:
    • 39.416218, -76.495797
    • 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 Harmony 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Harmony Hills is near Baltimore City and also Harford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 Harmony Hills

Communities Also Named Harmony Hills ...

We found five communities that are also named Harmony Hills.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Montgomery County
      • This Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Harmony Hills that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Harmony Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Harmony Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harmony Hills that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Harmony Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • This Harmony Hills is located in Lackawanna County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Harmony Hills that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Harmony Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Harmony Hills is located in Sullivan County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harmony Hills that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Harmony Hills.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Harmony Hills [Bexar County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony 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.

  • Apple Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Apple Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Ridge
  • Chapel Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chapel Valley is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Valley
  • Cub Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cub Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Hill
  • Cub Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cub Hills is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Hills
  • Deer Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Woods is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Woods
  • Evergreen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Glen Arm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hunting Lodge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hunting Lodge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Lodge
  • Joppa Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Joppa Heights is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Heights
  • Joppa Vale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Joppa Vale is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Vale
  • Joppa View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Joppa View is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa View
  • Manor Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Manor Springs is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Springs
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Manor Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Manor Woods is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Woods
    • Necker
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Necker is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necker
    • Notch Cliff
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Notch Cliff is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notch Cliff
    • Pine Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Putty Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Putty Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putty Hill
    • Ridge Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridge Grove is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Grove
    • Silver Meadow
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Silver Meadow is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadow
    • Silver Spring Station
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Silver Spring Station is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Station
    • Summer Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Summer Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Harmony Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 46 miles [74 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 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harmony 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 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 Harmony 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'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 Harmony 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 Harmony Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4162, Longitude: -76.4958       In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.535 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.116 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.282 degrees.