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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 Kellogg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kellogg 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 Kellogg:
    • 41.678131, -76.459665
    • 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 Kellogg
  • 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
    • Since Kellogg is near Sullivan County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Kellogg

Communities Also Named Kellogg ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Kellogg.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Kellogg is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Kellogg is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,418 miles [3,891.4 km]<1> to the west of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Kellogg.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Kellogg.
    • Georgia
      • Douglas County
      • This Kellogg is located in Douglas County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kellogg.
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • This Kellogg is located in Shoshone County and lies 1,969 miles [3,168.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Kellogg.
    • Illinois
      • Randolph County
      • This Kellogg is located in Randolph County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Kellogg.
    • Iowa
      • Jasper County
      • This Kellogg is located in Jasper County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the west of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Kellogg.
    • Kansas
      • Cowley County
      • This Kellogg is located in Cowley County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the west of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowley County community of Kellogg.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Charles Parish
      • This Kellogg is located in Saint Charles Parish and lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Charles Parish community of Kellogg.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kellogg [Allegan County].
    • Minnesota
      • Wabasha County
      • This Kellogg is located in Wabasha County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabasha County community of Kellogg.
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This Kellogg is located in Macon County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the west of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Kellogg.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kellogg [Erie County].
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Kellogg is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Kellogg.
    • North Dakota
      • Walsh County
      • This Kellogg is located in Walsh County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walsh County community of Kellogg.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Kellogg is located in Douglas County and lies 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kellogg.
    • Texas
      • Hunt County
      • This Kellogg is located in Hunt County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kellogg that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Kellogg.
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Kellogg [Wayne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellogg ...

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.

  • Asylum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Asylum is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
  • Evergreen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Highland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Laddsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
  • Long Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Long Valley is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
  • Marshview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Marshview is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
  • New Era
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Era is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Overshot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Overshot is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
  • Standing Stone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone

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

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

  • Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kellogg 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Kellogg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Kellogg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Kellogg 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.
<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 Kellogg 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 Kellogg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6781, Longitude: -76.4597       In this case, the coordinates for Kellogg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.326 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.236 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.333 degrees.