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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 Olga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olga and the surrounding area.
- 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 Olga:
- 26.718957, -81.712304
- 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 Olga
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Olga is near Charlotte County and also Hendry 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 Hendry 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 Olga
Communities Also Named Olga ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Olga.
Within Florida, the name Olga is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- This Olga is located in Cochise County and lies 1,700 miles [2,735.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Olga.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Olga is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Olga.
- Illinois
- Hamilton County
- This Olga is located in Hamilton County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Olga.
- Kentucky
- Russell County
- This Olga is located in Russell County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Olga.
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Olga is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Olga.
- Michigan
- Lake 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 Michigan community of Olga [Lake County].
- Wexford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Olga [Wexford County].
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- This Olga is located in Polk County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Olga.
- Missouri
- Webster County
- This Olga is located in Webster County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Olga.
- North Dakota
- Cavalier County
- This Olga is located in Cavalier County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cavalier County community of Olga.
- Ohio
- Washington County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Olga.
- Saskatchewan
- This Olga lies 2,135 miles [3,435.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- South Carolina
- Pickens County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Olga [Pickens County].
- Texas
- Nolan County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nolan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Olga.
- Washington
- San Juan County
- This Olga is located in San Juan County and lies 2,661 miles [4,282.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Olga.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olga ...
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.
- Biggar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Lake is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lake
- Lakeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lakeville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Page Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Page Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Park
- Palm and Pine Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Palm and Pine Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm and Pine Park
- Samville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Samville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samville
- Three Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Three Oaks is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Tuckers Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tuckers Corner is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
- Whiskey Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiskey Creek is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Creek
How Far From Olga 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 Olga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olga and extending to:
- Fort Myers, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Olga to Fort Myers, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,299 miles [11,746.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,206 miles [8,378.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Olga) 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 Olga 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> | 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 Olga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Olga 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 Olga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.7190, Longitude: -81.7123 In this case, the coordinates for Olga have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.342 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.494 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.908 degrees. |
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