Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oliver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oliver and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oliver
- 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 Oliver:
- 35.493494, -78.259165
- 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 Oliver
- 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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Johnston County
- Since Oliver is near Wayne County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Oliver ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Oliver.
Within North Carolina, the name Oliver is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 22 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Oliver lies 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- California
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Edgar County
- This Oliver is located in Edgar County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Oliver.
- Whiteside County
- This Oliver is located in Whiteside County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km] to the northwest of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Oliver.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Oliver [Iberia Parish].
- Ouachita Parish
- This Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the west of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Oliver.
- Saint Bernard Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oliver [Saint Bernard Parish].
- Tangipahoa Parish
- This Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km] to the west southwest of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Oliver.
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nova Scotia
- This Oliver lies 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- Ontario
- This Oliver lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Oliver [Allegheny County].
- Fayette County
- This Oliver is located in Fayette County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oliver that is located in Johnston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oliver.
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliver ...
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.
- Castlehaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castlehaven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlehaven
- Castlehaven is located in Johnston County
- Crumplers Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crumplers Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumplers Crossroads
- Crumplers Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Eden Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Woods
- Eden Woods is located in Johnston County
- Four Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Oaks
- Four Oaks is located in Johnston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Four Oaks <5>
- Hickory Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Crossroads
- Hickory Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Hollands Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollands Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Crossroads
- Hollands Crossroads is located in Wayne County
- Micro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Noble Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noble Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Hills
- Noble Hills is located in Johnston County
- Pine Level
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Pine Level is located in Johnston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,080 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Level <5>
- Rains Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Shoeheel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Oliver 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 Oliver to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oliver and extending to:
- Smithfield, which is the Seat of Johnston County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Oliver to Raleigh, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oliver. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Johnston County: www.co.johnston.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oliver) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4935, Longitude: -78.2592 In this case, the coordinates for Oliver 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 Oliver, 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 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 Oliver 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 Oliver 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 308.742 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.897 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.422 degrees. |