Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oliver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oliver and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oliver
- 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 Oliver:
- 39.132670, -121.590521
- 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 Oliver
- 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 Yuba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Since Oliver is near Sutter County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Oliver ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Oliver.
Within California, the name Oliver is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 22 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Oliver lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the north of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Edgar County
- This Oliver is located in Edgar County and lies 1,801 miles [2,898.4 km]<1> to the east of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Oliver.
- Whiteside County
- This Oliver is located in Whiteside County and lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km] to the east northeast of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Oliver.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Oliver [Iberia Parish].
- Ouachita Parish
- This Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 1,704 miles [2,742.3 km]<1> to the east of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Oliver.
- Saint Bernard Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oliver [Saint Bernard Parish].
- Tangipahoa Parish
- This Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km] to the east of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Oliver.
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Oliver lies 2,939 miles [4,729.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- Ontario
- This Oliver lies 2,014 miles [3,241.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Oliver [Allegheny County].
- Fayette County
- This Oliver is located in Fayette County and lies 2,210 miles [3,556.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oliver that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oliver.
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliver ...
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.
- Dean Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dean Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Place
- Dean Place is located in Sutter County
- Iowa City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Joesphine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Linda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda
- Linda is located in Yuba County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linda <4>
- Live Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Live Oak is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Live Oak <4>
- Marigold ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Marysville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Yuba County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,594 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <4>
- Mendoza ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Progress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Wheatland is located in Yuba County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,666 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <4>
How Far From Oliver 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 Oliver to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Oliver once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Oliver and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Yuba County, lies just to the North.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Oliver to Sacramento, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,365 miles [3,806.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,078 miles [13,000.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Yuba County: www.co.yuba.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oliver) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1327, Longitude: -121.5905 In this case, the coordinates for Oliver have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Oliver 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Oliver, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Oliver 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 339.645 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.552 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.649 degrees. |