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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 Orchard Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orchard Grove 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 Orchard Grove:
    • 41.711711, -81.264269
    • 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 Orchard Grove
  • 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 Orchard Grove ...

We found five communities that share the name Orchard Grove.

Within Ohio, the name Orchard Grove is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Orchard Grove is located in Lake County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the west of the Orchard Grove that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Orchard Grove.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of Orchard Grove [Sumner County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Orchard Grove.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Orchard Grove is located in King County and lies 2,019 miles [3,249.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Orchard Grove that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Orchard Grove.
    • Wisconsin
      • Washington County
      • This Orchard Grove is located in Washington County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Orchard Grove that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Orchard Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orchard Grove ...

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.

  • Fairport Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport Harbor
    • Fairport Harbor is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,057 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairport Harbor <4>
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Lake County
  • Grand River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
    • Grand River is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand River <4>
  • Lane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Lane is located in Lake County
  • Little Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
    • Little Mountain is located in Lake County
  • Mentor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
    • Mentor is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,090 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor <4>
  • Mentor Headlands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor Headlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Headlands
    • Mentor Headlands is located in Lake County
  • Mentor-on-the-Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mentor-on-the-Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor-on-the-Lake
    • Mentor-on-the-Lake is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,378 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mentor-on-the-Lake <4>
  • Mountain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Lake County
  • Painesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Painesville on-the-Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Painesville on-the-Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painesville on-the-Lake
    • Painesville on-the-Lake is located in Lake County

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

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

  • Painesville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Orchard Grove to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,550 miles [7,322.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyohio.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orchard Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orchard Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7117, Longitude: -81.2643       In this case, the coordinates for Orchard Grove 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 Orchard Grove 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Orchard Grove 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 310.314 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.622 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.546 degrees.




 

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