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 Orange:
44.116730, -72.375933
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.
We found three communities that are also named Orange.
Within Vermont, the name Orange is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Orange is located in New Haven County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the south of the Orange that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Orange.
New York
Schuyler County
This Orange is located in Schuyler County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Orange.
Wisconsin
Juneau County
This Orange is located in Juneau County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in Orange County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of Orange.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orange ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Orange to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orange and extending to:
Chelsea, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Orange to Chelsea, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,083 miles [6,571 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Orange 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 Orange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1167, Longitude: -72.3759 In this case, the coordinates for Orange have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.512 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.47 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.278 degrees.