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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 Olio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olio 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 Olio:
    • 31.054622, -90.921213
    • 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 Olio
  • 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 Amite County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Amite County
    • Since Olio is near East Feliciana Parish and also Wilkinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Feliciana Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson 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 Olio

Communities Also Named Olio ...

We found six communities that are also named Olio.

Within Mississippi, the name Olio is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Scott County
      • This Olio is located in Scott County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Olio that is located in Amite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Olio.
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Olio is located in Hamilton County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Olio that is located in Amite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Olio.
    • New Mexico
      • San Juan 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 Mexico community of Olio [San Juan County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Olio [Anderson County].
    • Tennessee
      • Macon County
      • This Olio is located in Macon County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Olio that is located in Amite County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Olio.
      • Van Buren 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 Tennessee community of Olio [Van Buren County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Olio ...

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.

  • Busy Corner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Busy Corner is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
  • Compromise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Compromise is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compromise
  • Enterprise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Enterprise is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Felixville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Felixville is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
  • Gillsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gillsburg is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
  • Grays
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grays is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
  • Hatchersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hatchersville is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchersville
  • Kents Store ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
  • Liberty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Teddy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Teddy is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy

How Far From Olio 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 community such as Olio to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Liberty, which is the Seat of Amite County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Olio to Liberty, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,553 miles [12,155.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,429 miles [8,737.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olio) 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 Olio 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 Olio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Olio 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 Olio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0546, Longitude: -90.9212       In this case, the coordinates for Olio have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.964 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.609 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.39 degrees.