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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 Hillbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillbrook 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 Hillbrook:
    • 39.329552, -76.514130
    • 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 Hillbrook
  • 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 Hillbrook is near Baltimore City and also Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel 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 Hillbrook

Communities Also Named Hillbrook ...

We found five communities that are also named Hillbrook.

Within Maryland, the name Hillbrook is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • This Hillbrook is located in Columbia County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hillbrook that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Hillbrook.
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hillbrook that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Hillbrook.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Hillbrook is located in Cherokee County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hillbrook that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Hillbrook.
      • Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Hillbrook [Spartanburg County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Hillbrook is located in Fairfax County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hillbrook that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Hillbrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillbrook ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Apple Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Ridge
  • Edgewater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Evergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Garden Village Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Garden Village Park is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village Park
  • Gardenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gardenville is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
  • Golden Ring
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Golden Ring is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ring
  • Goldentree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Goldentree is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldentree
  • Goodnow Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Goodnow Hill is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow Hill
  • Graceland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Graceland is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland
  • Hall Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hall Spring is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Spring
  • Harborview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harborview is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
  • Hartland Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartland Village is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Village
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • High Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • High Point is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Holland Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Holland Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Hills
    • Kings Court
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Court is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
    • Lauraville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lauraville is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
    • Marys Choice
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Marys Choice is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Choice
    • Middlesex
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Middlesex is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
    • Orangeville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Orangeville is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
    • Poplar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Poplar is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Putty Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Putty Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putty Hill
    • Ridge Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Ridge Grove is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Grove
    • Rosedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Stab
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stab is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stab

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hillbrook to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 40 miles [64.4 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 just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hillbrook) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hillbrook 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 Hillbrook 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 Hillbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3296, Longitude: -76.5141       In this case, the coordinates for Hillbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.552 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.122 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.324 degrees.