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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 Quarryville:
41.256484, -74.579605
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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Quarryville.
Within New Jersey, the name Quarryville is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Tolland County
This Quarryville is located in Tolland County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Quarryville that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tolland County community of Quarryville.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Quarryville is located in New Castle County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Quarryville that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Quarryville.
New Brunswick
This Quarryville lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the northeast of the Quarryville that is located in Sussex County.
New York
Ulster County
This Quarryville is located in Ulster County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Quarryville that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Quarryville.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Quarryville is located in Lancaster County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Quarryville that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Quarryville.
Tennessee
Hawkins County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Quarryville [Hawkins County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quarryville ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Quarryville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quarryville and extending to:
Newton, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Quarryville to Newton, with an average speed<4> 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.
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the south (S). 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 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,281 miles [6,889.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quarryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Quarryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Quarryville 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 Quarryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2565, Longitude: -74.5796 In this case, the coordinates for Quarryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.228 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.927 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.672 degrees.