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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 Piney Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piney Creek 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 Piney Creek:
    • 39.582049, -76.643582
    • 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 Piney Creek
  • 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 Piney Creek is near Harford County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Piney Creek

Communities Also Named Piney Creek ...

We found four communities that are also named Piney Creek.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Piney Creek.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Piney Creek [Carroll County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Piney Creek is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<2> to the west of the Piney Creek that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Piney Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Alleghany County
      • This Piney Creek is located in Alleghany County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Piney Creek that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Piney Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Piney Creek [Bedford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney Creek ...

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.

  • Bacon Hall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bacon Hall is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hall
  • Brandy Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Brandy Springs is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Springs
  • Cedar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cloverfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cloverfield is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverfield
  • Coachmans Field
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Coachmans Field is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coachmans Field
  • Cross Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cross Creek is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Fern Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fern Valley is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Valley
  • Flickerwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Flickerwood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerwood
  • Friends View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Friends View is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends View
  • Graystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Graystone is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graystone
  • Hamlet Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamlet Farms is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Farms
  • Hope Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hope Meadows is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Meadows
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Hunters Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunters Mill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
    • Manor Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Manor Brook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Brook
    • Piney Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Piney Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hill
    • Priceville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Priceville is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
    • Sparks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Piney Creek to Towson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,852 miles [9,417.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piney Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Piney Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Piney Creek 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Piney Creek 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 Piney Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5820, Longitude: -76.6436       In this case, the coordinates for Piney Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.61 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.228 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.279 degrees.