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Communities Also Named Orchard ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Orchard.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named Orchard.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 23 communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Orchard #1
      • The profile page for Orchard #2
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Orchard.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Orchard is located in Mobile County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Orchard.
    • Arkansas
      • Perry County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Orchard [Perry County].
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Orchard is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,246 miles [3,614.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Orchard.
    • Colorado
      • Morgan County
      • This Orchard is located in Morgan County and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Orchard.
      • Weld County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Orchard [Weld County].
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Orchard is located in Kent County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Orchard.
    • Idaho
      • Ada County
      • This Orchard is located in Ada County and lies 1,804 miles [2,903.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ada County community of Orchard.
    • Iowa
      • Mitchell County
      • This Orchard is located in Mitchell County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Orchard.
    • Kansas
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Orchard [Linn County].
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Orchard [Magoffin County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Orchard is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Orchard.
    • Michigan
      • Presque Isle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orchard [Presque Isle County].
    • Nebraska
      • Antelope County
      • This Orchard is located in Antelope County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Orchard.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • This Orchard is located in Guilford County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Orchard.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Orchard [Clark County].
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Orchard is located in Fort Bend County and lies 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Orchard.
      • Galveston County
      • This Orchard is located in Galveston County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Orchard.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Orchard is located in Davis County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Orchard.
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This Orchard is located in Montgomery County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Orchard.
    • Washington
      • Walla Walla County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Orchard [Walla Walla County].
      • Yakima 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 Washington community of Orchard [Yakima County].
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • This Orchard is located in Brooke County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Orchard.
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Orchard [Monroe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Ash
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Cedar Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Elizabeth Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Gardens
  • Freeman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Indian Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
  • Kent Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
  • Longmoor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longmoor came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmoor
  • Lowville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
  • Nelson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Rockcliffe Survey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockcliffe Survey came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcliffe Survey
  • Roseland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Waterdown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Orchard to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Orchard to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,815 miles [9,358.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,422 miles [7,116.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Orchard 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 . 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Orchard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4044, Longitude: -79.7939    
<3>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 Orchard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Orchard 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 309.268 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.70 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.192 degrees.




 

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