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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 Lockhart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lockhart 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 Lockhart:
    • 28.625627, -81.447211
    • 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 Lockhart
  • 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Since Lockhart is near Seminole County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Lockhart

Communities Also Named Lockhart ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Lockhart.

Within Florida, the name Lockhart is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • This Lockhart is located in Covington County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Lockhart.
      • Walker County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lockhart [Walker County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Lockhart is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,139 miles [3,442.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Lockhart.
    • Georgia
      • Lincoln 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 Georgia community of Lockhart [Lincoln County].
    • Louisiana
      • Livingston Parish
      • This Lockhart is located in Livingston Parish and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston Parish community of Lockhart.
      • Union Parish
      • This Lockhart is located in Union Parish and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the west northwest of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Lockhart.
    • Minnesota
      • Norman County
      • This Lockhart is located in Norman County and lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norman County community of Lockhart.
    • Mississippi
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Lockhart.
    • Montana
      • Jefferson 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 Montana community of Lockhart [Jefferson County].
    • Ohio
      • Richland County
      • This Lockhart is located in Richland County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the north of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lockhart.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma community of Lockhart [Oklahoma County].
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Lockhart is located in Union County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the north of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lockhart.
    • Texas
      • Caldwell County
      • This Lockhart is located in Caldwell County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Lockhart.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Lockhart is located in Jackson County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the north of the Lockhart that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Lockhart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockhart ...

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.

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

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

  • Orlando, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lockhart to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lockhart) 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 Lockhart, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Lockhart 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lockhart 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 Lockhart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6256, Longitude: -81.4472    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.343 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.758 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.425 degrees.