Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Orgainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orgainville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Orgainville

• 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 Orgainville:
  • 36.717132, -78.584841
  • 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 Orgainville

• 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg County
  • Since Orgainville is near Charlotte County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax 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 Orgainville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orgainville ...

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.

• Blanks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Blanks is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanks
• Bluestone
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bluestone is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
• Buffalo Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
• Clarksville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clarksville is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,169 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <1>
• Dryburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dryburg is located in Halifax County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
• Kings Crossroads
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kings Crossroads is located in Charlotte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
• Perfect Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Perfect Point is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfect Point
• Pools Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pools Mill is located in Halifax County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pools Mill
• Public Fork
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Public Fork is located in Charlotte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Public Fork
• Sandy Fork
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sandy Fork is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
• Spanish Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Grove is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Orgainville and extending to:

• Boydton, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Orgainville to Boydton, 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.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'