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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 Kellker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kellker 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 Kellker:
- 40.611726, -82.747399
- 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 Kellker
- 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 Morrow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
- Since Kellker is near Richland County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Kellker
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellker ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Climax is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Jugs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jugs Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugs Corners
- Kings Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kings Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corners
- Steam Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
How Far From Kellker to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kellker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Kellker once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kellker and extending to:
- Mount Gilead, which is the Seat of Morrow County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Kellker to Columbus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,781 miles [10,913 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kellker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Kellker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kellker 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 Kellker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6117, Longitude: -82.7474 In this case, the coordinates for Kellker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.571 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.622 degrees. |
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