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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 Orangeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orangeville 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 Orangeville:
    • 38.631442, -86.556658
    • 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 Orangeville
  • 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 Orangeville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Orangeville.

There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Orangeville.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • DeKalb County
      • This Orangeville is located in DeKalb County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Orangeville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • This Orangeville is located in Stephenson County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Orangeville.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Orangeville is located in Baltimore City and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Orangeville.
    • Michigan
      • Barry County
      • This Orangeville is located in Barry County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the north of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Orangeville.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Orangeville is located in Hinds County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Orangeville.
    • New York
      • Wyoming 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 New York community of Orangeville [Wyoming County].
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Orangeville is located in Trumbull County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Orangeville.
    • Ontario
      • This Orangeville lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northeast of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Columbia County
      • This Orangeville is located in Columbia County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Orangeville.
    • Texas
      • Fannin County
      • This Orangeville is located in Fannin County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Orangeville.
    • Utah
      • Emery County
      • This Orangeville is located in Emery County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km]<1> to the west of the Orangeville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emery County community of Orangeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orangeville ...

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.

  • French Lick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Georgia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Georgia is located in Lawrence County
  • Lost River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
    • Lost River is located in Orange County
  • Mitchell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Orleans
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
    • Orleans is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,107 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <3>
  • Prospect
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Prospect is located in Orange County
  • Scarlet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarlet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet
    • Scarlet is located in Orange County
  • Willow Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
    • Willow Valley is located in Martin County
  • Woodlawn Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Grove
    • Woodlawn Grove is located in Orange County

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

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

  • Paoli, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Orangeville to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 512 miles [824 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orangeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orangeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orangeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6314, Longitude: -86.5567       In this case, the coordinates for Orangeville 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 Orangeville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Orangeville 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 313.721 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.054 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.963 degrees.




 

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