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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 East Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Orchard 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 East Orchard:
    • 40.785059, -81.341779
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on East Orchard
  • 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since East Orchard is near Tuscarawas County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for East Orchard

Communities Also Named East Orchard ...

We found one communities that are also named East Orchard.

Within Ohio, the name East Orchard is unique.

Beyond Ohio.

While we haven't found any other communities named East Orchard in either the United States or Canada, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • England
      • Distance: 3,680 miles [5,922.4 km]<1> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on East Orchard

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Orchard ...

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.

  • Crystal Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Crystal Park is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Park
  • Edgefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgefield is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Hardscrabble ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardscrabble is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
  • Industrial Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Industrial Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial Heights
  • Lake View Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake View Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
  • Lincoln Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Lynn Center Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lynn Center Park is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Center Park
  • Marks ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marks is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
  • Parkridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkridge is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
  • Plain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plain is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
  • Pleasant View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant View is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Waco
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Waco is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
  • Whispering Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Whispering Oaks is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from East Orchard to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 262 miles [421.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,992 miles [9,643.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- East Orchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 East Orchard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7851, Longitude: -81.3418       In this case, the coordinates for East Orchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.407 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.586 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.914 degrees.