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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 Lockville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lockville 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 Lockville:
    • 39.818675, -82.733503
    • 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 Lockville
  • 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
    • Since Lockville is near Franklin County and also Licking County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Licking 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 Lockville

Communities Also Named Lockville ...

We found four communities that are also named Lockville.

Within Ohio, the name Lockville is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe 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 Alabama community of Lockville [Monroe County].
    • Georgia
      • Carroll 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 Georgia community of Lockville [Carroll County].
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham 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 North Carolina community of Lockville [Chatham County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wyoming County
      • This Lockville is located in Wyoming County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lockville that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Lockville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockville ...

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.

  • Cedar Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Edgewater Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Greencastle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
  • Groveport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Harley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harley is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
  • Hooker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hooker is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Lockville Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lockville Station is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville Station
  • Marcy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcy is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
  • Rock Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rock Mill is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
  • Rose Hill Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Hill Heights is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Heights
  • Wacker Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wacker Heights is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker Heights
  • Walnut
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

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

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lockville to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Lockville 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lockville) 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>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 Lockville 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 Lockville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8187, Longitude: -82.7335       In this case, the coordinates for Lockville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.308 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.468 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.876 degrees.