Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Orr, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orr and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Orr
- 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 Orr:
- 35.895906, -90.271210
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Orr
- 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Since Orr is near Craighead County and also Dunklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Orr ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Orr.
Within Arkansas, the name Orr is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Otero County
- This Orr is located in Otero County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Orr that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Orr.
- Weld 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 Colorado community of Orr [Weld County].
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Anderson 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 Kentucky community of Orr [Anderson County].
- Lawrence County
- This Orr is located in Lawrence County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orr that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Orr.
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Jackson 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 Minnesota community of Orr [Jackson County].
- Saint Louis County
- This Orr is located in Saint Louis County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the north of the Orr that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Orr.
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- This Orr is located in Preston County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orr that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Orr.
- Randolph County
- This Orr is located in Randolph County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km] to the east northeast of the Orr that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Orr.
- Wyoming
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orr ...
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.
- Black Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Brown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Clearwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Clearwater is located in Mississippi County
- Cottonwood Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Corner
- Cottonwood Corner is located in Craighead County
- Happy Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corners
- Happy Corners is located in Craighead County
- Leachville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leachville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville
- Leachville is located in Mississippi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,843 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leachville <5>
- Macey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Manila
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Manila is located in Mississippi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <5>
- Poplar Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner
- Poplar Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Mississippi County
- Vail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Orr 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 Orr 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 community of Orr once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Orr and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Orr to Little Rock, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Mississippi County: www.mcagov.com/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orr) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orr. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8959, Longitude: -90.2712 In this case, the coordinates for Orr 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 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 Orr 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 Orr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Orr to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.98 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.276 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.27 degrees. |