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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 Kellettville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kellettville 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 Kellettville:
    • 41.538118, -79.267822
    • 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 Kellettville
  • 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 Forest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
    • Since Kellettville is near Clarion County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Kellettville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellettville ...

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.

  • Balltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Balltown is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
  • Blue Jay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Blue Jay is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
  • Crystal Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Dawson Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dawson Run is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Run
  • Endeavor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Endeavor is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
  • Little Hickory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Hickory is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickory
  • Mayburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mayburg is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayburg
  • Minister
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Minister is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minister
  • Nebraska
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nebraska is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
  • Queen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Queen is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
  • Roses
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Roses is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
  • Truemans
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Truemans is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truemans
  • Whig Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whig Hill is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
  • Yellow Hammer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Yellow Hammer is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Hammer

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kellettville and extending to:

  • Tionesta, which is the Seat of Forest County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kellettville to Tionesta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,876 miles [9,456.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Kellettville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Kellettville 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 Kellettville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5381, Longitude: -79.2678       In this case, the coordinates for Kellettville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.071 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.187 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.679 degrees.