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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 Olga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olga 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 Olga:
- 35.002895, -82.558459
- 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 Olga
- 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Since Olga is near Greenville County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Olga
Communities Also Named Olga ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Olga.
Within South Carolina, the name Olga is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- This Olga is located in Cochise County and lies 1,547 miles [2,489.7 km]<1> to the west of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Olga.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Olga is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,014 miles [3,241.2 km]<1> to the west of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Olga.
- Florida
- Lee County
- This Olga is located in Lee County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the south of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Olga.
- Illinois
- Hamilton County
- This Olga is located in Hamilton County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Olga.
- Kentucky
- Russell County
- This Olga is located in Russell County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Olga.
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Olga is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the southwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Olga.
- Michigan
- Lake 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 Olga [Lake County].
- Wexford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Olga [Wexford County].
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- This Olga is located in Polk County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Olga.
- Missouri
- Webster County
- This Olga is located in Webster County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Olga.
- North Dakota
- Cavalier County
- This Olga is located in Cavalier County and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cavalier County community of Olga.
- Ohio
- Washington County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Olga.
- Saskatchewan
- This Olga lies 1,665 miles [2,679.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- Texas
- Nolan County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nolan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Olga.
- Washington
- San Juan County
- This Olga is located in San Juan County and lies 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olga that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Olga.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olga ...
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.
- Dacusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Knob ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Liberia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Liberia is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
- Little Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Locust Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Mountain Shadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
- Paris Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paris Point is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Point
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pumpkintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pumpkintown is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sunny Slopes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Slopes is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
- Travelers Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Olga to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Olga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Olga once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Olga and extending to:
- Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Olga to Pickens, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Olga) 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 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 Olga 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 Olga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Olga 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 Olga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0029, Longitude: -82.5585 In this case, the coordinates for Olga have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.218 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.663 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.243 degrees. |
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