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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 Mount Olivet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Olivet and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mount Olivet:
    • 37.044565, -80.810073
    • 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 Mount Olivet
  • 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
    • Since Mount Olivet is near Wythe County and also Bland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bland 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 Mount Olivet

Communities Also Named Mount Olivet ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Mount Olivet.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Mount Olivet.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Dinwiddie County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Mount Olivet.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma 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 California community of Mount Olivet [Sonoma County].
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Mount Olivet.
    • Georgia
      • Hart County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Hart County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Mount Olivet.
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Mount Olivet [Leavenworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Robertson County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Robertson County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Mount Olivet.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Mount Olivet [Wayne County].
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Panola County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Mount Olivet.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Olivet [Rutherford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Marshall County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Mount Olivet.
      • Mercer 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 West Virginia community of Mount Olivet [Mercer County].
      • Preston County
      • This Mount Olivet is located in Preston County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the north northeast of the Mount Olivet that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Mount Olivet.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Olivet ...

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.

  • Boom Furnace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Boom Furnace is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Furnace
  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clark is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Dublin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Grahams Forge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Grahams Forge is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Forge
  • Little Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Creek is located in Bland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
  • Locust Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Lone Ash
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lone Ash is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Ash
  • Max Meadows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Reed Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Reed Junction is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Junction
  • Star Cave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Star Cave is located in Wythe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cave
  • Tinytown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tinytown is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinytown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Olivet and extending to:

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Olivet to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Olivet) 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 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 Mount Olivet 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 Mount Olivet, 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 Mount Olivet 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 Mount Olivet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0446, Longitude: -80.8101       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Olivet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.19 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.782 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.933 degrees.