Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Olive Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olive Branch and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Olive Branch
- 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 Branch:
- 39.083951, -84.225214
- 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 Olive Branch
- 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 Clermont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clermont County
- Since Olive Branch is near Hamilton County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Olive Branch ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Olive Branch.
Within Ohio, the name Olive Branch is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Talbot County
- This Olive Branch is located in Talbot County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the south of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Olive Branch.
- Illinois
- Alexander County
- This Olive Branch is located in Alexander County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Olive Branch.
- Kentucky
- Fleming County
- This Olive Branch is located in Fleming County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Olive Branch.
- Shelby County
- This Olive Branch is located in Shelby County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the southwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Olive Branch.
- Louisiana
- East Feliciana Parish
- This Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Olive Branch.
- Michigan
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Olive Branch [Oakland County].
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Olive Branch is located in DeSoto County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Olive Branch.
- Nebraska
- Lancaster 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 Nebraska community of Olive Branch [Lancaster County].
- New York
- Ulster 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 York community of Olive Branch [Ulster County].
- North Carolina
- Union County
- This Olive Branch is located in Union County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Olive Branch.
- Tennessee
- Lauderdale County
- This Olive Branch is located in Lauderdale County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Olive Branch that is located in Clermont County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Olive Branch.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olive Branch ...
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.
- Craver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Dry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Hamlet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Locust Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corner
- Locust Corner is located in Clermont County
- Locust Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lake
- Locust Lake is located in Clermont County
- Mount Holly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Holly is located in Clermont County
- Mount Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Summit
- Mount Summit is located in Hamilton County
- Stonelick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Summerside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerside
- Summerside is located in Clermont County
- Viking Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viking Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Village
- Viking Village is located in Clermont County
- Willowville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
- Willowville is located in Clermont County
How Far From Olive Branch 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 Olive Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olive Branch and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Clermont County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Olive Branch to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,783 miles [7,697.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Olive Branch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clermont County: www.co.clermont.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olive Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olive Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0840, Longitude: -84.2252 In this case, the coordinates for Olive Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Branch 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> | 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. |
| <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 Olive Branch to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.252 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.437 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.779 degrees. |