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 Ridge:
35.853762, -78.610836
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 Ridge
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 21 communities that are also named Quail Ridge.
There are seven communities within North Carolina that are also named Quail Ridge.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Craven County
This Quail Ridge is located in Craven County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Quail Ridge.
Cumberland County
This Quail Ridge is located in Cumberland County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Quail Ridge.
Henderson County
This Quail Ridge is located in Henderson County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Quail Ridge.
Lee County
This Quail Ridge is located in Lee County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Quail Ridge.
Pitt County
This Quail Ridge is located in Pitt County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Quail Ridge.
Rutherford County
This Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Quail Ridge.
Wilson County
This Quail Ridge is located in Wilson County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Quail Ridge.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Quail Ridge is located in New Castle County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Quail Ridge.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Quail Ridge is located in Hillsborough County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Quail Ridge.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Quail Ridge is located in Caddo Parish and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the west of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Quail Ridge.
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Quail Ridge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Quail Ridge.
Saint Tammany Parish
This Quail Ridge is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Quail Ridge.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Quail Ridge is located in Calvert County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Quail Ridge.
Howard County
This Quail Ridge is located in Howard County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the north northeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Quail Ridge.
Montgomery County
This Quail Ridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the north northeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Quail Ridge.
Wicomico County
This Quail Ridge is located in Wicomico County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the northeast of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Quail Ridge.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Quail Ridge is located in Beaufort County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Quail Ridge.
Greenville County
This Quail Ridge is located in Greenville County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Quail Ridge.
Spartanburg County
This Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County and lies 197 miles [317 km] to the west southwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Quail Ridge.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the west of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Quail Ridge.
Utah
Davis County
This Quail Ridge is located in Davis County and lies 1,824 miles [2,935.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Quail Ridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Quail Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quail Ridge ...
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 Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quail Ridge 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 Ridge 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 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quail Ridge) 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 Ridge 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 Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8538, Longitude: -78.6108 In this case, the coordinates for Quail Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.934 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.17 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.438 degrees.