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 Orlando:
33.719239, -92.136189
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.
We found ten communities that share the name Orlando.
Within Arkansas, the name Orlando is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Orange County
This Orlando is located in Orange County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orlando.
Kansas
Cheyenne 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 Orlando [Cheyenne County].
Kentucky
Rockcastle County
This Orlando is located in Rockcastle County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockcastle County community of Orlando.
Nebraska
Deuel 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 Nebraska community of Orlando [Deuel County].
New York
Cattaraugus County
This Orlando is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Orlando.
North Carolina
Macon County
This Orlando is located in Macon County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Orlando.
Oklahoma
Logan County
This Orlando is located in Logan County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Orlando.
Virginia
Prince William 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 Virginia community of Orlando [Prince William County].
Suffolk City
This Orlando is located in Suffolk City and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Orlando.
West Virginia
Braxton County
This Orlando is located in Braxton County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orlando that is located in Cleveland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Orlando.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orlando ...
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.
Cornerville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Orlando to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orlando and extending to:
Rison, which is the Seat of Cleveland County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Orlando to Rison, 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.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 911 miles [1,466.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,482 miles [12,041.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Orlando) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orlando. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7192, Longitude: -92.1362 In this case, the coordinates for Orlando have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Orlando 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>
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.
<4>
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.
<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 Orlando to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.00 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.169 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.481 degrees.