Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Quinerly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quinerly and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Quinerly

• 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 Quinerly:
  • 35.365443, -77.367148
  • 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 Quinerly

• 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
  • Since Quinerly is near Lenoir County and also Craven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Craven 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 Quinerly

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quinerly ...

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.

• Fountain Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
• Haddocks Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Haddocks Crossroads is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddocks Crossroads
• Helens Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Helens Crossroads is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Crossroads
• Honolulu
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Honolulu is located in Craven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
• Hugo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hugo is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
• Littlefield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Littlefield is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
• Maplecypress
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplecypress is located in Craven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecypress
• Pleasant Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Ridge is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
• Stokestown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stokestown is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokestown
• Strawberry Banks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Strawberry Banks is located in Pitt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Banks
• Tick Bite
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tick Bite
  • From Quinerly to Tick Bite

How Far From Quinerly to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Quinerly to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Quinerly and extending to:

• Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Quinerly to Greenville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,752 miles [10,866.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'