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Welcome to Mount Olivet Heights ...

Mount Olivet Heights is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Olivet Heights: Mt. Olivet Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Mount Olivet Heights is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Olivet Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Olivet Heights: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities near Mount Olivet Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Olivet Heights.

  • Mount Airy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Thurmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Brunswick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Walkersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Poolesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Middletown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Boonsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Smithsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lovettsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Myersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Olivet Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Olivet Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Olivet Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Olivet Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Olivet Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Olivet Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Olivet Heights ...

Looking for more information about Mount Olivet Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mount Olivet Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Olivet Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Olivet Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Mount Olivet Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Olivet Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.