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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 Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olive Hill 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 Olive Hill:
- 38.301055, -83.174553
- 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 Olive Hill
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Olive Hill is near Elliott County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Olive Hill
Communities Also Named Olive Hill ...
We found four communities that are also named Olive Hill.
Within Kentucky, the name Olive Hill is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Yuba County
- This Olive Hill is located in Yuba County and lies 2,046 miles [3,292.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olive Hill that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Olive Hill.
- Indiana
- Wayne 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 Indiana community of Olive Hill [Wayne County].
- North Carolina
- Macon County
- This Olive Hill is located in Macon County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south of the Olive Hill that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Olive Hill.
- Person County
- This Olive Hill is located in Person County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east southeast of the Olive Hill that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Olive Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olive Hill ...
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.
- Cold Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Counts Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Globe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Limestone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Mountain Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reeder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reeder is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Silica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silica is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Smoky Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Olive Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Olive Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olive Hill and extending to:
- Grayson, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Olive Hill to Grayson, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 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 from Point A (ie- Olive Hill) 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 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 Olive Hill 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 Olive Hill 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 Olive Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3011, Longitude: -83.1746 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.605 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.548 degrees. |
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