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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • 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 Kellum:
    • 34.804606, -77.356071
    • 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 Kellum
  • 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 Onslow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Onslow County
    • Since Kellum is near Jones County and also Carteret County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret 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 Kellum

Communities Also Named Kellum ...

We found two communities that are also named Kellum.

Within North Carolina, the name Kellum is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sevier County
      • This Kellum is located in Sevier County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the west of the Kellum that is located in Onslow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Kellum.
    • Mississippi
      • Alcorn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kellum [Alcorn County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellum ...

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.

  • Branchwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Branchwood is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Cedar Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • College Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • College Park is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Forest Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Grove is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Hawkside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawkside is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkside
  • Houston Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Houston Heights is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
  • Indian Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Springs is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pumpkin Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Raintree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Raintree is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
  • Shamrock Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
  • Walnut Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Creek is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
  • Willow Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Willow Woods is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kellum and extending to:

  • Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Onslow County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kellum to Raleigh, 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,658 miles [7,496.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Kellum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Kellum could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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.
<4>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 Kellum 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 Kellum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8046, Longitude: -77.3561       In this case, the coordinates for Kellum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.254 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.236 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.312 degrees.