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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 Quail, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quail 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 Quail:
- 36.009676, -119.303446
- 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 Quail
- 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Since Quail is near Kings County and also Kern County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern 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 Quail
Communities Also Named Quail ...
We found five communities that are also named Quail.
Within California, the name Quail is unique.
Beyond California, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Rockcastle County
- This Quail is located in Rockcastle County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quail that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockcastle County community of Quail.
- Missouri
- Stone County
- This Quail is located in Stone County and lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<1> to the east of the Quail that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Quail.
- New York
- Albany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Quail [Albany County].
- Texas
- Collingsworth County
- This Quail is located in Collingsworth County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<1> to the east of the Quail that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collingsworth County community of Quail.
- Virginia
- Louisa County
- This Quail is located in Louisa County and lies 2,262 miles [3,640.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quail that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Quail.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quail ...
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.
- Cotton Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Center is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Jones Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Corner is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Pixley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Poplar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Poplar is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Poplar has also been known as:
- Poplar - Cotton Center
- Spa ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spa is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spa
How Far From Quail 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 Quail to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quail and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Quail to Visalia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,235 miles [13,252.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Quail) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Quail 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Quail 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 Quail. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0097, Longitude: -119.3034 In this case, the coordinates for Quail have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.384 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.656 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.273 degrees. |
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