Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Long Bar Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Bar Harbor and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Long Bar Harbor

• 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 Long Bar Harbor:
  • 39.454275, -76.251900
  • 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 Long Bar Harbor

• 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 Long Bar Harbor is near Baltimore County and also Kent 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 Kent 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 Long Bar Harbor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Bar Harbor ...

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.

• Bush
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Bush is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
• Bush River
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bush River is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
• Clearview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Clearview is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
• Constant Friendship
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Constant Friendship is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Friendship
• Edgewater Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
• Forest Greens
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Forest Greens is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Greens
• Harbour Oaks
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Harbour Oaks is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Oaks
• Rivershore
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Rivershore is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivershore
• Royal Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Royal Heights is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
• Singer Woods
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Singer Woods is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Woods
• Trimble Fields
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Trimble Fields is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Fields
• Wildwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Wildwood is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
• Woodland Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodland Run is located in Harford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Run

How Far From Long Bar Harbor 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 Long Bar Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Long Bar Harbor and extending to:

• Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Long Bar Harbor to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'