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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 Hollow:
35.848762, -78.619169
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.
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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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 25 communities that are also named Quail Hollow.
There are six communities within North Carolina that are also named Quail Hollow.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Alamance County
This Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Quail Hollow.
Forsyth County
This Quail Hollow is located in Forsyth County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Quail Hollow.
Henderson County
This Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Quail Hollow.
Mecklenburg County
This Quail Hollow is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Quail Hollow.
Nash County
This Quail Hollow is located in Nash County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the east of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Quail Hollow.
Wilson County
This Quail Hollow is located in Wilson County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Quail Hollow.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Tuolumne County
This Quail Hollow is located in Tuolumne County and lies 2,289 miles [3,683.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Quail Hollow.
Georgia
Camden County
This Quail Hollow is located in Camden County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Quail Hollow.
Fayette County
This Quail Hollow is located in Fayette County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Quail Hollow.
Richmond County
This Quail Hollow is located in Richmond County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Quail Hollow.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Quail Hollow is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Quail Hollow.
Maryland
Talbot County
This Quail Hollow is located in Talbot County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Quail Hollow.
Ohio
Wood County
This Quail Hollow is located in Wood County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Quail Hollow.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Quail Hollow is located in Aiken County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Quail Hollow.
Anderson County
This Quail Hollow is located in Anderson County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Quail Hollow.
Cherokee County
This Quail Hollow is located in Cherokee County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Quail Hollow.
Chester County
This Quail Hollow is located in Chester County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Quail Hollow.
Darlington County
This Quail Hollow is located in Darlington County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Quail Hollow.
Lexington County
This Quail Hollow is located in Lexington County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Quail Hollow.
Spartanburg County
This Quail Hollow is located in Spartanburg County and lies 192 miles [309 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Quail Hollow.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Quail Hollow is located in Hamblen County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the west of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Quail Hollow.
Hamilton County
This Quail Hollow is located in Hamilton County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the west of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Quail Hollow.
Texas
Harris County
This Quail Hollow is located in Harris County and lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Quail Hollow.
Utah
Davis County
This Quail Hollow is located in Davis County and lies 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Quail Hollow.
Salt Lake County
This Quail Hollow is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km] to the west northwest of the Quail Hollow that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Quail Hollow.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quail Hollow ...
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.
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 Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quail Hollow and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the South Southwest.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Quail Hollow to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quail Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Hollow 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 Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8488, Longitude: -78.6192 In this case, the coordinates for Quail Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.939 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.175 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.443 degrees.