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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 Old Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old 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 Old Orchard:
    • 40.657877, -75.262122
    • 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 Old 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Old Orchard is near Warren County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Old Orchard

Communities Also Named Old Orchard ...

We found eight communities that are also named Old Orchard.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Old Orchard is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Old Orchard [Cook County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lee 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 Old Orchard [Lee County].
    • Maine
      • York 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 Maine community of Old Orchard [York County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Old Orchard [Saint Louis County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Old Orchard [Camden County].
    • New York
      • Livingston 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 New York community of Old Orchard [Livingston County].
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Old Orchard is located in Charleston County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Old Orchard that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Old Orchard.
    • Virginia
      • Newport News City
      • This Old Orchard is located in Newport News City and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Old Orchard that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Old Orchard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old 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.

  • Butztown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Carpentersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Carpentersville is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Chain Bridge ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chain Bridge is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain Bridge
    • Chain Bridge has also been known as:
    • Chain Dam
  • Chestnut Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Coffeetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coffeetown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Farmersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Farmersville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Finesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Finesville is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finesville
  • Freemansburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hecktown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hecktown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecktown
  • Iron Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron Hill is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Lime Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lime Ridge is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
  • Lincoln Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Marlin Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Marlin Hills is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin Hills
    • Mount Hope
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Mount Hope is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Smoketown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Smoketown is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
    • Steel City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Steel City is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City

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

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Old Orchard to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 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 Old 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 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Orchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Old 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 Old Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6579, Longitude: -75.2621       In this case, the coordinates for Old Orchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.697 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.362 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.236 degrees.