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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 Kelloggsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kelloggsville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kelloggsville:
    • 42.785906, -76.365777
    • 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 Kelloggsville
  • 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 Cayuga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
    • Since Kelloggsville is near Onondaga County and also Cortland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Kelloggsville

Communities Also Named Kelloggsville ...

We found two communities that are also named Kelloggsville.

Within New York, the name Kelloggsville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kelloggsville [Kent County].
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kelloggsville that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Kelloggsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelloggsville ...

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.

  • Amber
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cascade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Edgewater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Edgewater is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Edgewater Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Fair Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fair Haven is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
  • Gamble Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gamble Mill is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Mill
  • Glen Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Gregory Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregory Landing is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
  • Grout Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Grout Mill is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grout Mill
  • Heath Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Heath Grove is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Grove
  • Indian Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Cove is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
  • Rice Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rice Grove is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Grove
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Shamrock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Thorn Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Toll Gate Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Toll Gate Corners is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corners
    • Williams Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Williams Grove is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
    • Winding Ways
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Winding Ways is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Ways

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

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

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kelloggsville to Auburn, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 km] to the south (S). 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 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,301 miles [6,921.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kelloggsville 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kelloggsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Kelloggsville 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 Kelloggsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7859, Longitude: -76.3658    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.16 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.225 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.809 degrees.