Hunt Valley, Maryland
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Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hunt Valley is located at a latitude of 39.5° North and longitude of 76.7° West.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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
An industrial park, named The Hunt Valley Business Community,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> was opened in 1962.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hunt Valley is the home of AmTote International, Inc., Systems Alliance, Inc.,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> BreakAway Games, Atradius North America, Sinclair Broadcast Group, McCormick & Company, AAI Corporation, Dunbar Armored,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> TESSCO Technologies,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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”.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was originally opened as Hunt Valley Mall in 1981,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and redeveloped into the current open air Towne Centre in 2005.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Attractions
In 2000 the Maryland Environmental Trust acquired an area encompassing Western Run shoreline, and wetlands, creating a nature preserve and hiking area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Public transportation
Hunt Valley is the northern terminus of the Light Rail line,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is also served by the Route 93 bus.
Notable people
- Sid Meier (born 1954), video game programmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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