Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Orrville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orrville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Orrville
- 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 Orrville:
- 38.636997, -90.660126
- 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 Orrville
- 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 Saint Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Since Orrville is near Saint Charles County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Charles County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Orrville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Orrville.
Within Missouri, the name Orrville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Orrville is located in Dallas County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Orrville that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Orrville.
- Limestone County
- This Orrville is located in Limestone County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the southeast of the Orrville that is located in Saint Louis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Orrville.
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Orrville lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Orrville that is located in Saint Louis County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orrville ...
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.
- Defiance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Defiance is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Defiance <3>
- Fox Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Grover is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <3>
- Gumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Jacobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Monarch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Petersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Petersville is located in Franklin County
- Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Wildwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildwood <3>
How Far From Orrville 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 Orrville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orrville and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Orrville to Clayton, with an average speed<6> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 733 miles [1,179.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orrville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mo.us/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.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- Orrville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orrville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6370, Longitude: -90.6601 In this case, the coordinates for Orrville 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 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 Orrville 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> | 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. |
| <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 Orrville 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 316.377 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.106 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.864 degrees. |