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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 Olive Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olive Branch 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 Olive Branch:
    • 32.672637, -84.609646
    • 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 Olive Branch
  • 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 Olive Branch ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Olive Branch.

Within Georgia, the name Olive Branch is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Alexander County
      • This Olive Branch is located in Alexander County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Olive Branch.
    • Kentucky
      • Fleming County
      • This Olive Branch is located in Fleming County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the north of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Olive Branch.
      • Shelby County
      • This Olive Branch is located in Shelby County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km] to the north of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Olive Branch.
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • This Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Olive Branch.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland 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 Olive Branch [Oakland County].
    • Mississippi
      • DeSoto County
      • This Olive Branch is located in DeSoto County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Olive Branch.
    • Nebraska
      • Lancaster 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 Nebraska community of Olive Branch [Lancaster County].
    • New York
      • Ulster 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 New York community of Olive Branch [Ulster County].
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Olive Branch is located in Union County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the northeast of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Olive Branch.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Olive Branch is located in Clermont County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Olive Branch.
    • Tennessee
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Olive Branch is located in Lauderdale County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Olive Branch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Olive Branch ...

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.

  • Box Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Centerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Talbot County
  • Flint Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flint Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
  • Geneva
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greens Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
    • Greens Mill is located in Talbot County
  • Junction City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Junction City is located in Talbot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction City <3>
  • Juniper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Juniper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
    • Juniper is located in Marion County
  • Oak Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain
    • Oak Mountain is located in Harris County
  • Oak Mountain Spring ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Mountain Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mountain Spring
    • Oak Mountain Spring is located in Talbot County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Talbot County
  • Tax Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tax Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tax Crossroads
    • Tax Crossroads is located in Talbot County
  • Turntime Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turntime Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turntime Crossroads
    • Turntime Crossroads is located in Harris County

How Far From Olive Branch 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 Olive Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Talbotton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Olive Branch to Atlanta, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Olive Branch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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- Olive Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olive Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6726, Longitude: -84.6096       In this case, the coordinates for Olive Branch 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Olive Branch 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<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 Olive Branch 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 312.332 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.617 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.625 degrees.




 

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