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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 Orme, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orme 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 Orme:
    • 35.014594, -85.804892
    • 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 Orme
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Orme is near Jackson County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Orme

Communities Also Named Orme ...

We found two communities that are also named Orme.

Within Tennessee, the name Orme is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • This Orme is located in Prince George's County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orme that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Orme.
    • Texas
      • Tarrant 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 Texas community of Orme [Tarrant County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orme ...

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.

  • Bass
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bass is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
  • Comfort
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
  • Copenhagen ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
  • Dixie Lee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dixie Lee is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee
  • Edgefield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Edgefield is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Grahams Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Grahams Ferry is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Ferry
  • Long Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
  • Pinhook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinhook is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Richard City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Richard City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
  • Rocky Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Summer Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Summer Bluff is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Bluff
  • Sweetens Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweetens Cove is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetens Cove
  • Widows Creek Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Widows Creek Station is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widows Creek Station

How Far From Orme 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 town such as Orme to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jasper, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Orme to Jasper, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orme) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Orme 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>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.
<4>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 Orme 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 Orme. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0146, Longitude: -85.8049       In this case, the coordinates for Orme have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.152 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.89 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.553 degrees.