Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Quality Hill:
  • 43.067012, -75.774909
  • 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 Quality Hill

• 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Since Quality Hill is near Oneida County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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 Quality Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quality Hill ...

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.

• Clockville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Clockville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clockville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clockville <1>
• Cottons
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cottons is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
• Five Chimneys Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Five Chimneys Corner is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Chimneys Corner
• Five Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Five Corners is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Kirkville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kirkville is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirkville <1>
• Merrillsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Merrillsville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
• Messenger Bay
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Messenger Bay is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messenger Bay
• Oniontown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oniontown is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
• Scribner Corners
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Scribner Corners is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner Corners
• Sulphur Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
  • Chittenango Springs
• Tall Pines Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
• Weaver Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Weaver Corner is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Corner

How Far From Quality Hill 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 Quality Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Quality Hill and extending to:

• Wampsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the East.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Quality Hill to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,670 miles [9,125 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,265 miles [6,863.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'