It is located 11 km (7 mi) southeast of the town of Cessnock and is adjacent to Watagans National Park.

Quorrobolong has a variety of accommodation to cater for tourists visiting the Hunter Valley, including farmstays and health retreats.

The wider Quorrobolong area was originally controlled under several large land grants of over 1000 acres including those owned by Jacob Josephson, George Thomas Palmer and Edward Charles Close.

In 1864 Margaret Daunt constructed a school to the south of Sandy Creek Road to educate the local children.

Mining infrastructure in the Quorrobolong area – for the Pelton, Ellalong, Bellbird and Southland Collieries – dates to the 1910s, resulting in the rapid intensification of use of the local region.