Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Orville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Orville
- 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 Orville:
- 35.176256, -80.625624
- 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 Orville
- 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
- Since Orville is near Union County and also Cabarrus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Cabarrus 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 Orville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Orville.
Within North Carolina, the name Orville is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orville [Antrim County].
- Mackinac County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orville [Mackinac County].
- Saginaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orville [Saginaw County].
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orville ...
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.
- Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Apple Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Apple Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Cedar Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Cedar Brook is located in Mecklenburg County
- Clear Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Clear Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Farmwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Heathergate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathergate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathergate
- Heathergate is located in Mecklenburg County
- Hoods ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hornets Nest ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornets Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornets Nest
- Hornets Nest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Lawyers Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawyers Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Station
- Lawyers Station is located in Mecklenburg County
- Mint Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Mint Hill is located in Mecklenburg County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mint Hill <5>
- Mint Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mint Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hollow
- Mint Hollow is located in Mecklenburg County
- Orchard Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knoll
- Orchard Knoll is located in Mecklenburg County
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- Orchard Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Orchard Park is located in Mecklenburg County
- Planters Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Planters Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Ridge
- Planters Ridge is located in Mecklenburg County
- Suburban Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suburban Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Woods
- Suburban Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Timber Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
- Timber Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Timber Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Timber Ridge is located in Mecklenburg County
- Orchard Park
How Far From Orville 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 Orville 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 Orville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Orville and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Orville to Charlotte, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Mecklenburg County: www.charmeck.org
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Orville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1763, Longitude: -80.6256 In this case, the coordinates for Orville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Orville 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 Orville 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 310.096 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.402 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.434 degrees. |