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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 Lock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lock 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 Lock:
- 35.610973, -80.518395
- 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 Lock
- 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 Rowan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Since Lock is near Cabarrus County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cabarrus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Lock
Communities Also Named Lock ...
We found three communities that are also named Lock.
Within North Carolina, the name Lock is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Bell 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 Kentucky community of Lock [Bell County].
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- This Lock is located in Lawrence County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Lock that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lock.
- Licking County
- This Lock is located in Licking County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the north northwest of the Lock that is located in Rowan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Lock.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lock ...
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.
- China Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Heights
- Faith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Quarry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harris Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lockeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lockeland is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockeland
- Mirror Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mirror Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Park
- Orchard Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orchard Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Salisbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sunrise Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Park
How Far From Lock 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 Lock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Lock once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lock and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Rowan County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lock to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,768 miles [7,673.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Lock 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Lock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Lock 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 Lock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6110, Longitude: -80.5184 In this case, the coordinates for Lock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.033 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.393 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.261 degrees. |
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