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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 Kellersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kellersville 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 Kellersville:
- 40.943427, -75.294349
- 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 Kellersville
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Kellersville is near Northampton County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Kellersville
Communities Also Named Kellersville ...
We found one communities that are also named Kellersville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Kellersville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Kellersville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Manitowoc 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 Wisconsin community of Kellersville [Manitowoc County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellersville ...
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.
- Alpha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Effort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Foxtown Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Foxtown Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Hill
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grand Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grand Central is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Central
- Gravel Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
- Lower Tannersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Reeders
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sandhill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Stormville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stormville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormville
- Tannersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wind Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Kellersville 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 Kellersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kellersville and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kellersville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,324 miles [6,958.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Kellersville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Kellersville) 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 Kellersville 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 Kellersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9434, Longitude: -75.2943 In this case, the coordinates for Kellersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.689 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.398 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.126 degrees. |
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