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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 The Village at Wild Quail, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Village at Wild Quail and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for The Village at Wild Quail
  • 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 The Village at Wild Quail:
    • 39.120300, -75.621600
    • 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 The Village at Wild 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since The Village at Wild Quail is near Caroline County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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 The Village at Wild Quail

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Village at Wild 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.

  • Chapeltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Chapeltown is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
  • Chestnut Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Crossgates
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crossgates is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
  • Derby Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Derby Shores is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Shores
  • Derbywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Derbywood is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbywood
  • Eagles Nest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Fox Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox Hall is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hall
  • Greens of Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Greens of Dover is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens of Dover
  • Heatherfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Heatherfield is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
  • Hourglass
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hourglass is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hourglass
  • Hunters Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunters Point is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
  • Mallard Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mallard Pond is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Pond
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Meadow Glen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
    • Meadow Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Meadow Ridge is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
    • Planters Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Planters Woods is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Woods
    • Presidential Courts
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Presidential Courts is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Courts
    • Quails Nest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Quails Nest is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
    • Rockland Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rockland Hills is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Hills
    • Star Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Star Hill is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
    • Star Hill Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
    • Turnkey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Turnkey is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnkey
    • Willow Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Willow Grove is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Woodside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wyoming
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Wyoming Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills

How Far From The Village at Wild 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 The Village at Wild Quail to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in The Village at Wild Quail and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Village at Wild Quail to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- The Village at Wild Quail) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 The Village at Wild 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 The Village at Wild Quail. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1203, Longitude: -75.6216       In this case, the coordinates for The Village at Wild Quail have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.042 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.511 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.033 degrees.