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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 Lockman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lockman 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 Lockman:
    • 41.083342, -92.739361
    • 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 Lockman
  • 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 Lockman is near Mahaska County and also Wapello County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahaska County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wapello 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 Lockman

Communities Also Named Lockman ...

We found one communities that are also named Lockman.

Within Iowa, the name Lockman is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Lockman in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Brown 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 Indiana community of Lockman [Brown County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockman ...

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.

  • Bluff Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
  • Bolton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bolton is located in Mahaska County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Cricket
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cricket is located in Mahaska County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
  • Frederic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Frederic is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederic
  • Georgetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Hocking
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hocking is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocking
  • Kirkville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Kirkville is located in Wapello County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
  • Marysville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
  • Pleasant Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Corner is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corner
  • Selection
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Selection is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
  • Tower Station ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tower Station is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Station

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lockman and extending to:

  • Albia, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Lockman to Des Moines, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 843 miles [1,356.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Lockman 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>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 from Point A (ie- Lockman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Lockman 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 Lockman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0833, Longitude: -92.7394       In this case, the coordinates for Lockman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.864 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.146 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.326 degrees.