Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Oletha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oletha and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Oletha

• 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 Oletha:
  • 31.358510, -96.413028
  • 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 Oletha

• 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
  • Since Oletha is near Robertson County and also Leon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Leon 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 Oletha

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oletha ...

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.

• Box Church
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Box Church is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Church
• Center
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Center is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
• Davis Prairie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis Prairie is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Prairie
• Fair Oaks
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
• Headsville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Headsville is located in Robertson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
• Long Hollow
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Hollow is located in Leon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
• Lost Prairie
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
• Personville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Personville is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
• Red Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Round Prairie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Prairie is located in Robertson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
• Willow Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Willow Creek is located in Robertson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Oletha and extending to:

• Groesbeck, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oletha to Groesbeck, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,650 miles [9,092.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'