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[[File:Hunt Valley Business Community sign.jpg|thumb|Hunt Valley Business Park in Hunt Valley, Maryland]] |
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[[File:Genesee Valley Hunt Races.jpg|thumb|Horse Racing right outside Hunt Valley, Maryland]] |
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'''Hunt Valley''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]], Maryland, United States |
'''Hunt Valley''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]], Maryland, United States,<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Cities and Towns of Baltimore County |url=http://genealogytrails.com/mary/baltimore/cities.html |access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> near the site of the [[Maryland Hunt Cup]] [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|Steeplechase]]. It lies just north of the city of [[Baltimore]], along York Road ([[Maryland Route 45]]), parallel to [[Interstate 83]]. The nearby [[Loch Raven Reservoir]] is an important landmark and drinking water resource. Its surrounding forested watershed is one of three reservoirs (along with [[Prettyboy Reservoir|Prettyboy]] and [[Liberty Reservoir]]s) established for the City of Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lochraventrails.com/about-loch-raven-reservoir/|title=About Loch Raven|website=Loch Raven Trails|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> Hunt Valley is located at a [[latitude]] of 39.5° North and [[longitude]] of 76.7° West.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-593667-Maryland-Hunt_Valley.html|title=Hunt Valley, Maryland|website=Lat-Long.com|access-date=February 10, 2020}}</ref> It is served by the [[Cockeysville, Maryland|Cockeysville]] [[United States Postal Service|post office]], and is also a neighbor of [[Timonium, Maryland|Timonium.]] A satellite campus of the [[Community College of Baltimore County]], one of the three supplemental campuses of CCBC, uses a leased building located at 11101 McCormick Road, a business park in Hunt Valley, Maryland. |
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== Business and industry == |
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Hunt Valley is the home of [[American Totalisator|AmTote International, Inc.]], Systems Alliance, Inc., [[BreakAway Games]], [[Atradius]] North America, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], [[McCormick & Company]], [[Textron Systems]] (formerly [[AAI Corporation]]), [[Dunbar (Armored Vehicles)]], TESSCO Technologies, [[ZeniMax Online Studios]], and [[Drchrono]]. It was the former home of [[Noxell Corporation]], makers of [[Noxzema]], before Noxell was acquired by [[Procter & Gamble]] in the early 1990s. It was also the former home of [[KCI Technologies, Inc.]], [[PHH]] and [[Firaxis Games]], all of which now reside in [[Sparks, Maryland]] which is a few miles to the north of Hunt Valley. |
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An [[industrial park]], named The Hunt Valley Business Community,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Glasgow|first=Jesse|title=The Baltimore Sun|date=February 2, 1972|id={{ProQuest|536373285}}}}</ref> was opened in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |title=Industrial Park Launched |agency=The Sun (Baltimore) |date=May 27, 1962|id={{ProQuest|542519802}} }}</ref> Hunt Valley is the home of [[American Totalisator|AmTote International, Inc.]], Systems Alliance, Inc.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.systemsalliance.com/about-us/contact-us/|title=Contact Us|website=Systems Alliance, Inc.|access-date=February 10, 2020}}</ref> [[BreakAway Games]], [[Atradius]] North America, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], [[McCormick & Company]], [[AAI Corporation]], Dunbar Armored,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0007247D:US|title=Dunbar Armored, Inc|website=Bloomberg|access-date=February 10, 2020}}</ref> TESSCO Technologies,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tessco.com/support|title=Tessco Support|website=Tessco|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref> [[ZeniMax Online Studios]], and [[DrChrono]]. The [[Hunt Valley Inn]] has been the site of [[Balticon]] in the past. |
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[[MicroProse]], a leading [[video game developer]] from the 1980s, was originally based in Hunt Valley. |
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[[File:McCormick_Hq.jpg|thumb|McCormick Hq]] |
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The [[Hunt Valley Inn]] is the most popular hotel in Maryland for annual regional [[Science fiction conventions]] for fans of the TV shows and feature movies ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the ever-popular ''[[Star Trek]]'' and their "Trekkers"/"Trekkies". Over the years it has hosted [[Balticon]], ShoreLeave, Horrorfind, Monster Mania, Nostalgia Con, FaerieCon, [[ClipperCon]] and [[Farpoint Convention|Farpoint]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} |
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[[Hunt Valley Towne Centre]] is the main shopping area. It was built on an estate formerly owned by the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland. Before that, the land was the Merryman family estate, “Bonnie Blink”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Stuart S. |title=Group plans to develop tract on Shawan Road |publisher=The Sun (Baltimore) |date=May 4, 1973}}</ref> It was originally opened as Hunt Valley Mall in 1981,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jackson|first=Jacquelyn|title=Hunt Valley Mall Opens Tomorrow|date=September 16, 1981|work=The Sun|id={{ProQuest|535888303}}}}</ref> and redeveloped into the current open air Towne Centre in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Andrea K. |title=1st new stores set to open at Hunt Valley |agency=The Sun (Baltimore) |date=January 21, 2005|id={{ProQuest|406635926}} }}</ref> |
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== Attractions == |
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Hunt Valley is served by the old [[Cockeysville, Maryland]] post office, which is also a neighbor of the burgeoning [[Timonium, Maryland|Timonium]] suburban community, and also is home to a satellite campus of the [[Community College of Baltimore County]] in this northern central area of [[Baltimore County]] (which has three regular full-size campuses - Catonsville in the southwest, Dundalk in the southeast and Essex in the east). Nearby is the Timonium Race Course which although not as active as in decades past, still has a small amount of horse racing in conjunction with better known local tracks such as northwest Baltimore City's [[Pimlico Race Course]] (home of the annual [[Preakness Stakes]], run since 1873 as one of throughbred horse racing's [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]]) and [[Laurel Park Racecourse]] in the northeastern suburbs of [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[Prince George's County, Maryland]]. The Timonium Fairgrounds however are still home to the over century-and-a-half [[Maryland State Fair]] held in late August and early September. |
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In 2000 the [[Maryland Environmental Trust]] acquired an area encompassing [[Western Run]] shoreline, and wetlands, creating a nature preserve and hiking area.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Atwood |first1=Liz |title=Hunt Valley property becomes 500th parcel protected by trust |publisher=The Sun (Baltimore) |date=January 6, 2000}}</ref> |
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The [[Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail]], also known as the [[Northern Central Railway|NCR]] trail, is a hiking trail which passes through Hunt Valley. |
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Development restrictions to the west of Hunt Valley and the [[Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway]] (Interstate 83) and its parallel historic York Road ([[Maryland Route 45]]) were first envisioned in the late 1950s by famed American architect and urban planner [[David A. Wallace]] (1917-2004), who laid out the original concepts and plans for the [[Charles Center]] re-development of downtown Baltimore's central business district beginning in 1958 to the mid 1970s which later led also to the more famous [[Inner Harbor]] waterfront revitalization of the 1960s to the '80s. Along with colleague and partner [[Ian McHarg|Ian L. McHarg]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s Graduate School of Fine Arts (later known as the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design]], after 2003, also known as [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design|PennDesign]]) envisioned the preservation of the [[Baltimore County]] valleys in their 1963 booklet ''A Plan for the Green Spring and Worthington Valleys''. |
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The [[Oregon Ridge Park]] and Oregon Ridge Nature Center also include hiking trails. The Nature Center hosts an annual [[Avian ecology field methods|bird count.]] |
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* [[Sid Meier]], Canadian video game designer |
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The [[System Source Computer Museum]] houses computing artifacts dating from ancient China to the present day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/about-us/1/|title=System Source Computer Museum|website=The Computer Museum|access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Jenn Ambrosiano]], [[Hunt Valley Symphonic Band]] founder |
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==Public transportation== |
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Hunt Valley is the northern terminus of the [[Baltimore Light Rail|Light Rail]] line,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtanexttrain.net/LATA.MTA.PublicSite/Home/TrainSchedule|title=Light Rail|date=February 12, 2020|website=Maryland Transit Administration|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref> and is also served by the [[Route 93 (MTA Maryland LocalLink)|Route 93]] bus. |
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Hunt Valley is well known in the Baltimore area as a result of its public transportation. It is the northern terminus of the [[Baltimore Light Rail|Light Rail]] line, and is also served by the [[Route 9 (Baltimore)|Route 9]] bus. Only one-half of light rail trains operate to the Hunt Valley terminus, with the remainder only running as far as [[Timonium, Maryland|Timonium]]. The frequency of service is every 15 minutes all day daily and on weekends and holidays. Route 9 operates on an approximately 20 minute interval daily. |
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Latest revision as of 00:16, 20 October 2024
Hunt Valley, Maryland | |
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 Hunt Valley, Maryland, as seen from Gilroy Road | |
  Hunt Valley Location in Maryland  Hunt Valley Hunt Valley (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′12″N 76°42′10″W / 39.50333°N 76.70278°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Baltimore |
| ZIP codes | 21031, 21030 |
| Area code(s) | 410, 443 |
Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States,[1] near the site of the Maryland Hunt Cup Steeplechase. It lies just north of the city of Baltimore, along York Road (Maryland Route 45), parallel to Interstate 83. The nearby Loch Raven Reservoir is an important landmark and drinking water resource. Its surrounding forested watershed is one of three reservoirs (along with Prettyboy and Liberty Reservoirs) established for the City of Baltimore.[2] Hunt Valley is located at a latitude of 39.5° North and longitude of 76.7° West.[3] It is served by the Cockeysville post office, and is also a neighbor of Timonium. A satellite campus of the Community College of Baltimore County, one of the three supplemental campuses of CCBC, uses a leased building located at 11101 McCormick Road, a business park in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
Business and industry
[edit]An industrial park, named The Hunt Valley Business Community,[4] was opened in 1962.[5] Hunt Valley is the home of AmTote International, Inc., Systems Alliance, Inc.,[6] BreakAway Games, Atradius North America, Sinclair Broadcast Group, McCormick & Company, AAI Corporation, Dunbar Armored,[7] TESSCO Technologies,[8] ZeniMax Online Studios, and DrChrono. The Hunt Valley Inn has been the site of Balticon in the past.
Hunt Valley Towne Centre is the main shopping area. It was built on an estate formerly owned by the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland. Before that, the land was the Merryman family estate, “Bonnie Blink”.[9] It was originally opened as Hunt Valley Mall in 1981,[10] and redeveloped into the current open air Towne Centre in 2005.[11]
Attractions
[edit]In 2000 the Maryland Environmental Trust acquired an area encompassing Western Run shoreline, and wetlands, creating a nature preserve and hiking area.[12]
The Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail, also known as the NCR trail, is a hiking trail which passes through Hunt Valley.
The Oregon Ridge Park and Oregon Ridge Nature Center also include hiking trails. The Nature Center hosts an annual bird count.
The System Source Computer Museum houses computing artifacts dating from ancient China to the present day.[13]
Public transportation
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Hunt Valley.
Hunt Valley is the northern terminus of the Light Rail line,[14] and is also served by the Route 93 bus.
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cities and Towns of Baltimore County". Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "About Loch Raven". Loch Raven Trails. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ "Hunt Valley, Maryland". Lat-Long.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ Glasgow, Jesse (February 2, 1972). "The Baltimore Sun". ProQuest 536373285.
- ^ "Industrial Park Launched". The Sun (Baltimore). May 27, 1962. ProQuest 542519802.
- ^ "Contact Us". Systems Alliance, Inc. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Dunbar Armored, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Tessco Support". Tessco. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Stuart S. (May 4, 1973). "Group plans to develop tract on Shawan Road". The Sun (Baltimore).
- ^ Jackson, Jacquelyn (September 16, 1981). "Hunt Valley Mall Opens Tomorrow". The Sun. ProQuest 535888303.
- ^ Walker, Andrea K. (January 21, 2005). "1st new stores set to open at Hunt Valley". The Sun (Baltimore). ProQuest 406635926.
- ^ Atwood, Liz (January 6, 2000). "Hunt Valley property becomes 500th parcel protected by trust". The Sun (Baltimore).
- ^ "System Source Computer Museum". The Computer Museum. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ "Light Rail". Maryland Transit Administration. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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