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Harford Furnace Historic District

Harford Furnace Historic District from directly overhead

Harford Furnace Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Lane Regional Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
42 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.49511, -76.26135

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Jen Alexander's Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Shade Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Evergreen Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Grass Garden: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
  • Hays House: 5.3 mi
  • Aberdeen Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Jerusalem Mill Museum and Vistors Center: 7.3 mi
  • Havre de Grace Colored School Museum & Cultural Center: 9.5 mi
  • Havre de Grace Decoy Museum: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 35
  • Sandy Hook Speedway: 9.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 12.6 mi
  • Willow Grove Barn: 16.2 mi
  • Spring House: 16.2 mi
  • Double Rock Park: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • Deer Creek Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • F: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Marble Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Black Barren Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Crises Spring: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harford Furnace Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillW 264°200 m22.1 mi
Oregon RidgeW 269°191 m22.6 mi
Abell RidgeWSW 254°155 m20.6 mi
Satyr HillWSW 248°151 m16.3 mi
Cherry HillW 263°149 m9.8 mi
Cub HillWSW 248°147 m15.0 mi
Luskins HillWSW 248°144 m17.6 mi
Mount FelixNE 53°142 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546372777569574638
Precip in3.32.84.13.54.04.34.84.24.84.23.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aberdeen Phillips FLD, 5 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly33 obs
  • Green Cloverworm Moth22 obs
  • American Toad19 obs
  • Bristly Cutworm Moth19 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail18 obs
  • Faint-spotted Palthis Moth17 obs
  • Grateful Midget14 obs
  • Scythropiodes issikii14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358248253

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