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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 Olivers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olivers 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 Olivers:
- 40.484394, -111.923268
- 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 Olivers
- 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 Salt Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Olivers is near Utah County and also Tooele County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 Olivers
Communities Also Named Olivers ...
We found four communities that are also named Olivers.
Within Utah, the name Olivers is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Saint Joseph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Olivers [Saint Joseph County].
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Olivers is located in Clark County and lies 1,488 miles [2,394.7 km]<2> to the east of the Olivers that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Olivers.
- Michigan
- Lake County
- This Olivers is located in Lake County and lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Olivers that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Olivers.
- North Carolina
- Jones County
- This Olivers is located in Jones County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<2> to the east of the Olivers that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Olivers.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olivers ...
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.
- Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bluffdale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clover Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
- Farm Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
- Freeman Butterfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield Farms is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Farms
- Jordan
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Lane Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Majestic Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
- Marblewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
- Medallion Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
- Park Avenue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Park Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Avenue
- Western Charm
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Western Charm is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Charm
How Far From Olivers 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 Olivers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olivers and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Olivers to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,784 miles [12,527.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Olivers 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Olivers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Olivers 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 Olivers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4844, Longitude: -111.9233 In this case, the coordinates for Olivers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.46 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.807 degrees. |
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