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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 Lockport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lockport 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 Lockport:
    • 39.915656, -76.406073
    • 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 Lockport
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Lockport is near Lancaster County and also Harford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 Lockport

Communities Also Named Lockport ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Lockport.

There are five communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Lockport.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Clinton County
      • This Lockport is located in Clinton County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lockport.
    • Erie 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 Pennsylvania community of Lockport [Erie County].
    • Mifflin County
      • This Lockport is located in Mifflin County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Lockport.
    • Northampton County
      • This Lockport is located in Northampton County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Lockport.
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Lockport is located in Westmoreland County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Lockport.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Lockport is located in Will County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Lockport.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • This Lockport is located in Carroll County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the west of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lockport.
    • Kansas
      • Finney 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 Kansas community of Lockport [Finney County].
      • Gray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lockport [Gray County].
      • Haskell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lockport [Haskell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Henry County
      • This Lockport is located in Henry County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Lockport.
    • Louisiana
      • Lafourche Parish
      • This Lockport is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Lockport.
    • Manitoba
      • This Lockport lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
    • Michigan
      • Midland County
      • This Lockport is located in Midland County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Lockport.
      • Saint Joseph 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 Lockport [Saint Joseph County].
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • This Lockport is located in Niagara County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lockport that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Lockport.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Lockport.
      • Warren County
      • This community is historic and although located in Warren County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Lockport.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson 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 Tennessee community of Lockport [Wilson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockport ...

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.

  • Airville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Burnt Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Burnt Mills is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
  • Highville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Highville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
  • Lucky
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lucky is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
  • Martinsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Martinsville is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Rockhill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockhill is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
  • Safe Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Safe Harbor is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe Harbor
  • Slackwater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Slackwater is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwater
  • Star Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Star Rock is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Rock
  • Stone Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stone Hill is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Hill

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

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

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lockport to York, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lockport) 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 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 Lockport 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>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 Lockport, 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>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 Lockport 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 Lockport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9157, Longitude: -76.4061       In this case, the coordinates for Lockport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.444 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.091 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.043 degrees.