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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 Orient, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orient 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 Orient:
    • 32.510395, -100.405383
    • 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 Orient
  • 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 Nolan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nolan County
    • Since Orient is near Fisher County and also Scurry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fisher County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scurry 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 Orient

Communities Also Named Orient ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Orient.

There are three communities within Texas that are also named Orient.

Beyond Texas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Stonewall County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Stonewall County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stonewall County community of Orient.
    • Tom Green County
      • This Orient is located in Tom Green County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the south of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tom Green County community of Orient.
    • Wichita County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Orient [Wichita County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Saguache County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Orient [Saguache County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Orient [Hillsborough County].
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • This Orient is located in Franklin County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Orient.
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • This Orient is located in Adair County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Orient.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Orient is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,951 miles [3,139.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Orient.
    • Michigan
      • Osceola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orient [Osceola County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Orient is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,654 miles [2,661.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Orient.
    • Ohio
      • Pickaway County
      • This Orient is located in Pickaway County and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Orient.
    • Ontario
      • This Orient lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • This Orient is located in Multnomah County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Orient.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Orient is located in Fayette County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Orient.
    • South Dakota
      • Faulk County
      • This Orient is located in Faulk County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<2> to the north of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulk County community of Orient.
    • Washington
      • Ferry County
      • This Orient is located in Ferry County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Orient that is located in Nolan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ferry County community of Orient.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orient ...

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.

  • Blair
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Blair is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Center
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Center is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Champion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Champion is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Cross Roads
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cross Roads is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Fisher
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fisher is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Hobbs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Longworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Longworth is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
  • Maryneal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Noodle
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Noodle is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
  • Pledger
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pledger is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
  • Sweetwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Sweetwater, which is the Seat of Nolan County, lies just to the South.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Orient to Austin, with an average speed<5>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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,873 miles [12,670.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Orient, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orient) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Orient 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Orient 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 Orient. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5104, Longitude: -100.4054       In this case, the coordinates for Orient have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.364 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.31 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.336 degrees.