Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lockwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lockwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lockwood
- 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 Lockwood:
- 41.883660, -85.048856
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lockwood
- 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 Branch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Branch County
- Since Lockwood is near Steuben County and also LaGrange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- eBird sighting report for LaGrange 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lockwood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Lockwood.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Lockwood.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Kent County
- Tuscola County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Lockwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lockwood that is located in Branch County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Lockwood.
- Wake County
- This Lockwood is located in Wake County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km] to the southeast of the Lockwood that is located in Branch County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Lockwood.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Lockwood lies 1,153 miles [1,855.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Branch County.
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockwood ...
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.
- Canada Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Coldwater is located in Branch County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,090 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldwater <4>
- Crystal Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
- Crystal Beach is located in Branch County
- Fisher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Fisher is located in Branch County
- Hatmaker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Kinderhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kinderhook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Kinderhook is located in Branch County
- Pearl Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Beach
- Pearl Beach is located in Branch County
- Trailtree Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trailtree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County
How Far From Lockwood 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 Lockwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lockwood and extending to:
- Coldwater, which is the Seat of Branch County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Lockwood to Lansing, with an average speed<7> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lockwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Branch County: www.co.branch.mi.us/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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 Lockwood 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lockwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lockwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8837, Longitude: -85.0489 In this case, the coordinates for Lockwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Lockwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lockwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.737 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.398 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.298 degrees. |