Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Orange, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orange and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Orange
- 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 Orange:
- 41.278430, -73.025661
- 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 Orange
- 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 New Haven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- Since Orange is near Fairfield County and also Litchfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield 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 Orange ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Orange.
Within Connecticut, the name Orange is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Norton County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Norton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton County community of Orange.
- Sheridan County
- This community is historic and although located in Sheridan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Orange.
- Smith County
- This community is historic and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Orange.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Franklin County
- This Orange is located in Franklin County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Orange.
- Jasper County
- This Orange is located in Jasper County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km] to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Orange.
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- This Orange is located in Dona Ana County and lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Orange.
- Otero County
- Although located in Otero County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Orange.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- This Orange is located in Coshocton County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Orange.
- Cuyahoga County
- This Orange is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the west of the Orange that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Orange.
- Delaware County
- This Orange is located in Delaware County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the west of the Orange that is located in New Haven County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Orange.
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orange ...
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.
- Armoryville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armoryville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armoryville
- Armoryville is located in New Haven County
- Brightview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brightview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightview
- Brightview is located in New Haven County
- Cedar Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
- Cedar Beach is located in New Haven County
- Derby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Former name for Derby:
- Birmingham
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <5>
- Fair Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
- Highwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Liberia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Pecks Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecks Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
- Pecks Mill is located in Fairfield County
- Pine Rock Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Rock Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Rock Park
- Pine Rock Park is located in Fairfield County
- Sea Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Silver Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Silver Beach is located in New Haven County
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Walnut Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Beach
- Walnut Beach is located in New Haven County
How Far From Orange to ...
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 Orange to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orange and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Orange to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,212 miles [6,778.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Orange: www.orange-ct.gov/
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.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- Orange) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2784, Longitude: -73.0257 In this case, the coordinates for Orange have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Orange, 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 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 Orange 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> | 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 Orange 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 305.296 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.879 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.976 degrees. |