Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Olympia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olympia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Olympia
- 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 Olympia:
- 38.098136, -83.695748
- 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 Olympia
- 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Since Olympia is near Lawrence County and also Rowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Rowan 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 Olympia ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Olympia.
Within Kentucky, the name Olympia is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Olympia #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=38.098136&lon=-83.695748&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Olympia.
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Olympia [King County].
- Thurston County
- This Olympia is located in Thurston County and lies 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olympia that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Olympia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olympia ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County
- Little Slate Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Slate Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
- Lower Salt Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Salt Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salt Lick
- Lower Salt Lick is located in Bath County
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Peasticks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Peeled Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peeled Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
- Polksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polksville
- Polksville is located in Bath County
- Red Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Salt Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Salt Lick is located in Bath County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salt Lick <5>
- Salt Well
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Slate Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
- Upper Salt Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Salt Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Salt Lick
- Upper Salt Lick is located in Bath County
How Far From Olympia 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 Olympia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olympia and extending to:
- Owingsville, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Olympia to Frankfort, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 363 miles [584.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Olympia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Olympia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olympia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0981, Longitude: -83.6957 In this case, the coordinates for Olympia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Olympia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Olympia 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Olympia 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 311.926 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.922 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.837 degrees. |