This Orwell is located in Hodgeman County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hodgeman County community of Orwell.
New York
Oswego County
This Orwell is located in Oswego County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
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Ohio
Ashtabula County
This Orwell is located in Ashtabula County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south.
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Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This Orwell is located in Bradford County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
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Prince Edward Island
This Orwell lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the east northeast.
Vermont
Addison County
This Orwell is located in Addison County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Orwell ...
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.
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 Orwell to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orwell and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Orwell to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,891 miles [9,480.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,498 miles [7,238.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
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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- Orwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 Orwell 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 Orwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7761, Longitude: -81.0328
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.106 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.549 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.04 degrees.