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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 Ivy Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivy Hill 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 Ivy Hill:
    • 39.484828, -76.668027
    • 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 Ivy Hill
  • 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 Ivy Hill 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 Ivy Hill

Communities Also Named Ivy Hill ...

We found four communities that are also named Ivy Hill.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Ivy Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Harford County
      • This Ivy Hill is located in Harford County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east of the Ivy Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Ivy Hill.
    • Howard County
      • This Ivy Hill is located in Howard County and lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ivy Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Ivy Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Ivy Hill [Cook County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Ivy Hill is located in Philadelphia County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ivy Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Ivy Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivy Hill ...

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.

  • Autumn Wind
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Autumn Wind is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn Wind
  • Big Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Big Spring is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Chapel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Chapel Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Cockeysville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cross Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Creek is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Deer Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Deer Run is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Dun Rovin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Dun Rovin is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dun Rovin
  • Fallswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fallswood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallswood
  • Friends View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Friends View is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends View
  • Gentsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gentsville is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentsville
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Greenwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Hickory Meadow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hickory Meadow is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Meadow
    • Hillside Hunt
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Hillside Hunt is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Hunt
    • Hunt Cup Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Hunt Cup Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cup Hill
    • Hunt Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hunt Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Ridge
    • Hunt Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hunters Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunters Run is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
    • Huntspring
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Huntspring is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspring
    • Jonathans Delight
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jonathans Delight is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathans Delight
    • Marble Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Marble Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
    • Mays Chapel
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mays Chapel is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Chapel
    • Oregon
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Oregon is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
    • Overlook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Overlook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
    • Sparks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Texas
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Texas is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Western Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Western Run is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Run

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Ivy Hill to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 45 miles [72.4 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 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 5,857 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 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,440 miles [7,145.5 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- Ivy Hill) 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 Ivy Hill 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 Ivy Hill 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 Ivy Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4848, Longitude: -76.6680       In this case, the coordinates for Ivy Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.632 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.237 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.328 degrees.