Orland is located 16 miles (26 km) north of Willows,[6] at an elevation of 259 feet (79 m).

[7] Annual events include the Queen Bee Festival in June and OktoBEEfest in October.

[6] In 1908 Orland was the namesake of one of the first irrigation projects of the newly formed United States Bureau of Reclamation, the Orland Project, authorized by the Newlands Reclamation Act.

During World War II, Orland was selected by the United States Army as the location for an airfield that was used for training pilots.

Scenes for several films used for training pilots and aircrew members were produced at Orland.

Constructed of a large square of thick, reinforced concrete, most of the airfield is now a civil airport operated by Glenn County.

[8] The Amtrak Coast Starlight route, running daily from Los Angeles to Seattle,[9] served the town from 1974 to 1982.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), all of it land.

Orland is a rural agricultural town that sits in the northern Sacramento Valley.

The Black Butte Lake dam drains into Stony Creek, which flows about a half-mile north of the Orland Arch.

In the state legislature, Orland is in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil,[17] and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican James Gallagher.

[18] Federally, Orland is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.