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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 Orchard Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orchard Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Orchard Grove:
    • 43.498331, -88.140928
    • 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 Orchard Grove
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Orchard Grove is near Fond du Lac County and also Sheboygan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sheboygan 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 Orchard Grove

Communities Also Named Orchard Grove ...

We found five communities that are also named Orchard Grove.

Within Wisconsin, the name Orchard Grove is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Orchard Grove is located in Lake County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Orchard Grove that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Orchard Grove.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of Orchard Grove [Sumner County].
    • Ohio
      • Lake County
      • This Orchard Grove is located in Lake County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Orchard Grove that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Orchard Grove.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Orchard Grove.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Orchard Grove is located in King County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Orchard Grove that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Orchard Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orchard Grove ...

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.

  • Aurora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Aurora is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
  • Boltonville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Boltonville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
  • Cheeseville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheeseville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeseville
  • Cranberry Marsh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranberry Marsh is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Marsh
  • Dundee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dundee is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Gooseville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gooseville is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseville
  • Random Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Random Lake is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
  • Silver Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Creek is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Young America
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Young America is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America

How Far From Orchard Grove to ...

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 Orchard Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • West Bend, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Orchard Grove to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orchard Grove) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Orchard Grove 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 Orchard Grove 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 Orchard Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4983, Longitude: -88.1409       In this case, the coordinates for Orchard Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.758 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.929 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.342 degrees.