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 Run:
30.404914, -91.124272
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.
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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 22 communities that share the name Quail Run.
Within Louisiana, the name Quail Run is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Elmore County
This Quail Run is located in Elmore County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Quail Run.
Mobile County
This Quail Run is located in Mobile County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the east of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Quail Run.
Shelby County
This Quail Run is located in Shelby County and lies 325 miles [523 km] to the northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Quail Run.
Georgia
Bulloch County
This Quail Run is located in Bulloch County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Quail Run.
Hall County
This Quail Run is located in Hall County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Quail Run.
Houston County
This Quail Run is located in Houston County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Quail Run.
Oconee County
This Quail Run is located in Oconee County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Quail Run.
Paulding County
This Quail Run is located in Paulding County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Quail Run.
Illinois
Lake County
This Quail Run is located in Lake County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the north of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Quail Run.
Will County
This Quail Run is located in Will County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km] to the north of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Quail Run.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Quail Run is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Quail Run.
Frederick County
This Quail Run is located in Frederick County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km] to the northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Quail Run.
Montgomery County
This Quail Run is located in Montgomery County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Quail Run.
New Jersey
Ocean 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 Jersey community of Quail Run [Ocean County].
North Carolina
Orange County
This Quail Run is located in Orange County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Quail Run.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Quail Run is located in Beaufort County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Quail Run.
Charleston County
This Quail Run is located in Charleston County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Quail Run.
York County
This Quail Run is located in York County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the east northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Quail Run.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Quail Run is located in Rutherford County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Quail Run.
Utah
Davis County
This Quail Run is located in Davis County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Quail Run.
Weber County
This Quail Run is located in Weber County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km] to the northwest of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Quail Run.
Virginia
Stafford County
This Quail Run is located in Stafford County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Quail Run that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Quail Run.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quail Run ...
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.
Bluebonnet Ridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluebonnet Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Zee Zee Gardens is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
How Far From Quail Run to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quail Run and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Quail Run to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,592 miles [12,218.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,469 miles [8,801.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Run) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Quail Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4049, Longitude: -91.1243 In this case, the coordinates for Quail Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Run 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 parish. 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Run to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.014 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.58 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.564 degrees.