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 Olney:
40.041223, -75.123786
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.
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seventeen communities that share the name Olney.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Olney is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Pickens County
This Olney is located in Pickens County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Olney.
California
Shasta County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Olney.
Colorado
Bent 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 Colorado community of Olney [Bent County].
Georgia
Bulloch County
This Olney is located in Bulloch County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Olney.
Illinois
Richland County
This Olney is located in Richland County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the west of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Olney.
Kansas
Rush 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 Kansas community of Olney [Rush County].
Kentucky
Hopkins County
This Olney is located in Hopkins County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the west of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Olney.
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Olney is located in Montgomery County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Olney.
Michigan
Shiawassee 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 Michigan community of Olney [Shiawassee County].
Mississippi
Neshoba 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 Mississippi community of Olney [Neshoba County].
Missouri
Lincoln County
This Olney is located in Lincoln County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the west of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Olney.
Montana
Flathead County
This Olney is located in Flathead County and lies 2,011 miles [3,236.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flathead County community of Olney.
Ohio
Hancock County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Hancock County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Olney.
Oklahoma
Coal County
This Olney is located in Coal County and lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<1> to the west of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coal County community of Olney.
Oregon
Clatsop County
This Olney is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,449 miles [3,941.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Olney.
Texas
Young County
This Olney is located in Young County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Olney that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Olney.
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 Olney [King County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olney ...
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.
Branchtown ‑ Historic (Less than 2 miles to the west)
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 Olney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olney and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Olney to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 6 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 128 miles [206 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Olney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0412, Longitude: -75.1238 In this case, the coordinates for Olney 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 Olney, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Olney 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 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.
<6>
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 Olney to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.672 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.236 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.439 degrees.