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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 Highview Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highview Estates 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 Highview Estates:
    • 39.575384, -76.495243
    • 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 Highview Estates
  • 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 Highview Estates is near Baltimore County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Highview Estates

Communities Also Named Highview Estates ...

We found two communities that are also named Highview Estates.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Highview Estates.

Beyond Maryland.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This Highview Estates is located in Carroll County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Highview Estates that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Highview Estates.
    • Howard 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 Maryland community of Highview Estates [Howard County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highview Estates ...

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.

  • Clover Field
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Clover Field is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Field
  • Coopstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Coopstown is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
  • Eagle View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eagle View is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle View
  • Fox Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fox Meadows is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows
  • Fox Meadows Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fox Meadows Woods is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadows Woods
  • Foxwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Foxwood is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
  • Franklins Chance
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Franklins Chance is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklins Chance
  • Furnace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Furnace is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Greenfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Greenfields
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenfields is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfields
  • Highfield Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Highfield Park is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield Park
  • Hunt Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hunt Crest is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Crest
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hunting Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunting Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
    • Madonna
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Madonna is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonna
    • Manor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Manor is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Manor View Farms
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Manor View Farms is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor View Farms
    • Orchard Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Orchard Lakes is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Lakes
    • Pleasantville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasantville is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Quiet Inheritance
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Quiet Inheritance is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Inheritance
    • Upper Crossroads
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads

How Far From Highview Estates 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 Highview Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Highview Estates to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Highview Estates) 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 Highview Estates 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 Highview Estates 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 Highview Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5754, Longitude: -76.4952       In this case, the coordinates for Highview Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.523 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.127 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.218 degrees.