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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 Lockwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lockwood 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 Lockwood:
- 41.528952, -78.274178
- 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 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 Cameron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron County
- Since Lockwood is near McKean County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk 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 Lockwood
Communities Also Named Lockwood ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Lockwood.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lockwood is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Monterey County
- This Lockwood is located in Monterey County and lies 2,313 miles [3,722.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Lockwood.
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Lockwood.
- Florida
- Orange County
- This Lockwood is located in Orange County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lockwood.
- Kentucky
- Boyd County
- This Lockwood is located in Boyd County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boyd County community of Lockwood.
- Michigan
- Branch County
- This Lockwood is located in Branch County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Lockwood.
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lockwood [Kent County].
- Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Lockwood [Tuscola County].
- Missouri
- Dade County
- This Lockwood is located in Dade County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Lockwood.
- Montana
- Yellowstone County
- This Lockwood is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Lockwood.
- Nebraska
- Merrick County
- This Lockwood is located in Merrick County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the west of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Lockwood.
- Nevada
- Storey County
- This Lockwood is located in Storey County and lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km]<1> to the west of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Storey County community of Lockwood.
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- This Lockwood is located in Sussex County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Lockwood.
- New York
- Tioga County
- This Lockwood is located in Tioga County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Lockwood.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Lockwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the south of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron 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 396 miles [637.3 km] to the south of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Lockwood.
- Ohio
- Trumbull County
- This Lockwood is located in Trumbull County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Lockwood.
- Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lockwood [Beaver County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Lockwood lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- Washington
- Spokane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lockwood [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- This Lockwood is located in Nicholas County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lockwood that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Lockwood.
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.
- Dents Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Emporium
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- First Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- First Fork is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
- Hicks Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hicks Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Run
- Howard Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Siding is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Siding
- Keating Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keating Summit is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating Summit
- Lawn View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lawn View is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn View
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Rich Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rich Valley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Straight Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Straight Creek is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
How Far From Lockwood 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 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:
- Emporium, which is the Seat of Cameron County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lockwood to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,430 miles [7,129.4 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- Lockwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 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. |
| <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 Lockwood 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 Lockwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5290, Longitude: -78.2742 In this case, the coordinates for Lockwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.455 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.488 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.225 degrees. |
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