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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 Marble Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marble 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 Marble Hill:
    • 39.495939, -76.650527
    • 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 Marble 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 Marble Hill is near Harford County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 Marble Hill

Communities Also Named Marble Hill ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Marble Hill.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Marble Hill.

Beyond Maryland, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Howard County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Howard County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Marble Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Pickens County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Pickens County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Marble Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Gibson 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 Indiana community of Marble Hill [Gibson County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Marble Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Bollinger County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Bollinger County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bollinger County community of Marble Hill.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Warren County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Marble Hill.
    • New York
      • Bronx 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 New York community of Marble Hill [Bronx County].
      • New York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Marble Hill [New York County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Marble Hill lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset 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 Pennsylvania community of Marble Hill [Somerset County].
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Blount County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Marble Hill.
      • Moore County
      • This Marble Hill is located in Moore County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km] to the west southwest of the Marble Hill that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Marble Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marble 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.

  • Chapel Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Cockeysville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cross Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Creek is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Dun Rovin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Dun Rovin is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dun Rovin
  • Fallswood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fallswood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallswood
  • Friends View
    (2 miles [3.2 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 west)
    • Gentsville is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentsville
  • Hickory Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Meadow is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Meadow
  • Hillside Hunt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillside Hunt is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Hunt
  • Hunt Cup Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hunt Cup Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cup Hill
  • Hunt Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hunters Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hunters Run is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Ivy Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Ivy Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
    • Jonathans Delight
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jonathans Delight is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathans Delight
    • Oregon
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Oregon is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
    • Overlook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Overlook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
    • Priceville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Priceville is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
    • Sparks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Texas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Texas is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Western Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Western Run is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marble 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 Marble 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 46 miles [74 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 5,856 miles [9,424.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 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- Marble 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 Marble 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 Marble 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 Marble Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4959, Longitude: -76.6505       In this case, the coordinates for Marble Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.621 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.226 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.316 degrees.