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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:
    • 39.074275, -77.076367
    • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Harmony Hills is near Prince George's County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 ...
    • Baltimore County
      • This Harmony Hills is located in Baltimore County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmony Hills that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore 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 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harmony Hills that is located in Montgomery 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 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Harmony Hills that is located in Montgomery 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 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harmony Hills that is located in Montgomery 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.

  • English Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • English Manor is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
  • Foxhall
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Foxhall is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Glenallen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenallen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
  • Hermitage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hermitage Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Park
  • Holiday Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Homecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
  • Lutes
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lutes is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
  • Manor Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Manor Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
  • Manor Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Manor Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
  • Randolph Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Randolph Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hills
  • Rock Creek Palisades
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rock Creek Palisades is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Palisades
  • Rock Creek Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rock Creek Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Village
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rockcrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rockcrest is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcrest
    • Rockland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rockland is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Silver Rock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Silver Rock is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rock
    • Stoney Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Stoney Brook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
    • Sycamore Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sycamore Creek is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
    • Twin Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Twin Brook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook

How Far From Harmony Hills 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 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:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Harmony Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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 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 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 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: 39.0743, Longitude: -77.0764       In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.901 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.48 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.663 degrees.