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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Orient
- 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:
- 31.656822, -100.331758
- 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.
- 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 Tom Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tom Green County
- Since Orient is near Coke County and also Runnels County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Coke County
- eBird sighting report for Runnels 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Orient ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Orient.
There are three communities within Texas that are also named Orient.
Beyond Texas, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout 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 ...
- Nolan County
- Stonewall County
- Wichita County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Maine
- Michigan
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Orient lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Orient that is located in Tom Green County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Washington
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.
- Grape Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
- Harriet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Marie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Miles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Miles is located in Runnels County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <5>
- Pecan Mott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Mott have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
- Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
- Robert Lee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Lee
- Robert Lee is located in Coke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robert Lee <5>
- Seventeen Mile Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seventeen Mile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventeen Mile Crossing
- Seventeen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
- Sixmile Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sixmile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
- Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
- Sixteen Mile Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sixteen Mile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
- Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
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:
- San Angelo, which is the Seat of Tom Green County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Orient to San Angelo, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,915 miles [12,738 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orient. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tom Green County: www.co.titus.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orient) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orient. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6568, Longitude: -100.3318 In this case, the coordinates for Orient have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.186 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.997 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.368 degrees. |