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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 Quinn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quinn and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Quinn:
    • 39.507051, -76.533022
    • 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 Quinn
  • 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 Quinn is near Harford County and also Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Quinn

Communities Also Named Quinn ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Quinn.

Within Maryland, the name Quinn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Union County
      • This Quinn is located in Union County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Quinn.
    • Georgia
      • Jeff Davis County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Quinn [Jeff Davis County].
    • Kentucky
      • Caldwell County
      • This Quinn is located in Caldwell County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the west of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Quinn.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton 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 Michigan community of Quinn [Houghton County].
      • Macomb County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Quinn [Macomb County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson 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 Mississippi community of Quinn [Jackson County].
    • Missouri
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Quinn [Lawrence County].
      • Putnam County
      • This Quinn is located in Putnam County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the west of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Quinn.
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • This Quinn is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,872 miles [3,012.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Quinn.
    • Ontario
      • This Quinn lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
    • Oregon
      • Columbia 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 Oregon community of Quinn [Columbia County].
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This Quinn is located in Pennington County and lies 1,348 miles [2,169.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Quinn.
    • Texas
      • Jasper County
      • This Quinn is located in Jasper County and lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Quinn that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Quinn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quinn ...

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.

  • Eagle View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle View is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle View
  • Fox Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Greenfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenfield is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Henrys Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrys Bridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Bridge
  • Hillendale Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hillendale Heights is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale Heights
  • Locust Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Locust Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Long Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Long Green is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Green
  • Manor Fields
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Manor Fields is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Fields
  • Manor Glade
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Manor Glade is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Glade
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Manor Glen
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Manor Glen is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Glen
    • Manor Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Manor Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
    • Manor Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Manor Oaks is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Oaks
    • Manor Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Manor Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Ridge
    • Sunnybrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sunnybrook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
    • Sweet Air
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sweet Air is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Air

How Far From Quinn to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Quinn to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Quinn 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 49 miles [78.9 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 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,433 miles [7,134.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quinn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Quinn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Quinn 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 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 Quinn 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 Quinn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5071, Longitude: -76.5330       In this case, the coordinates for Quinn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.55 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.148 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.262 degrees.