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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 Orrs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orrs and the surrounding area.
- 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 Orrs:
- 34.717084, -81.123419
- 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 Orrs
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Orrs is near York County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Orrs
Communities Also Named Orrs ...
We found five communities that are also named Orrs.
Within South Carolina, the name Orrs is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Mendocino 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 California community of Orrs [Mendocino County].
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Orrs is located in Clayton County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Orrs that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Orrs.
- Ohio
- Hamilton 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 Orrs [Hamilton County].
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- This Orrs is located in Marshall County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<2> to the west of the Orrs that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Orrs.
- Texas
- Marion County
- This Orrs is located in Marion County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the west of the Orrs that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Orrs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orrs ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eureka Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Evans
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evans is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Lewisville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Quail Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Quail Hollow is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Richburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rodman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Springwood Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springwood Lakes is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Lakes
- Stringfellow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stringfellow is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringfellow
- Tip Top ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tip Top is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Orrs 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 Orrs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orrs and extending to:
- Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies just to the West.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Orrs to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 366 miles [589 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,832 miles [7,776.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Orrs 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orrs) 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 Orrs 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 Orrs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7171, Longitude: -81.1234 In this case, the coordinates for Orrs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.381 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.662 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.762 degrees. |
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