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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 Locke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Locke 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 Locke:
- 41.471715, -86.012221
- 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 Locke
- 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 Elkhart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
- Since Locke is near Marshall County and also Kosciusko County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko 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 Locke
Communities Also Named Locke ...
We found eight communities that are also named Locke.
Within Indiana, the name Locke is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- This Locke is located in Crawford County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Locke that is located in Elkhart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Locke.
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Locke is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the west of the Locke that is located in Elkhart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Locke.
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Locke [Ingham County].
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Locke is located in Cayuga County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Locke that is located in Elkhart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Locke.
- North Dakota
- Ramsey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Locke [Ramsey County].
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This Locke is located in Shelby County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Locke that is located in Elkhart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Locke.
- Washington
- Pend Oreille County
- This Locke is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Locke that is located in Elkhart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Locke.
- West Virginia
- Tyler County
- This Locke is located in Tyler County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Locke that is located in Elkhart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Locke.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Locke ...
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.
- Bourbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- De Camp Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- De Camp Gardens is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp Gardens
- Elkhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lakeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- New Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pickwick Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pickwick Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Park
- Shady Banks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Banks is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Banks
- Silver Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Point is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Point
- South Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Stony Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Ridge is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
How Far From Locke 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 Locke to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Locke and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Elkhart County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Locke to Goshen, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Locke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Locke 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Locke 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 Locke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4717, Longitude: -86.0122 In this case, the coordinates for Locke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.373 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.062 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.894 degrees. |
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