Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Olive, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olive and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Olive
- 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 Olive:
- 39.347865, -80.458703
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Olive
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Olive is near Doddridge County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Doddridge County
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Olive ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Olive.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Olive.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Dallas County
- This Olive is located in Dallas County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the west of the Olive that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Olive.
- Saint Louis City
- 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 Missouri community of Olive [Saint Louis City].
- Montana
- Missoula 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 Montana community of Olive [Missoula County].
- Powder River County
- This Olive is located in Powder River County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Olive that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powder River County community of Olive.
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Lawrence 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 Ohio community of Olive [Lawrence County].
- Noble 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 Ohio community of Olive [Noble County].
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Olive is located in Bryan County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Olive that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Olive.
- Creek County
- This Olive is located in Creek County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km] to the west of the Olive that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Olive.
- Ontario
- This Olive lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Olive that is located in Harrison County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Caroline County
- This Olive is located in Caroline County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Olive that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Olive.
- Culpeper 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 Virginia community of Olive [Culpeper County].
- Portsmouth City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Olive [Portsmouth City].
- Spotsylvania 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 Virginia community of Olive [Spotsylvania County].
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olive ...
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.
- Brown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Gore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Gore is located in Harrison County
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Katy Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy Lick
- Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
- Lake Floyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Floyd
- Lake Floyd is located in Harrison County
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Lumberport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberport
- Lumberport is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Marshville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
- Marshville is located in Harrison County
- Rosebud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sun Valley is located in Harrison County
- Wolf Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Summit
- Wolf Summit is located in Harrison County
How Far From Olive to ...
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 Olive to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Olive and extending to:
- Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Olive to Charleston, 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,021 miles [9,689.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,736 miles [10,840.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,611 miles [7,420.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Olive. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harrison County: www.harrisoncountywv.com/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Olive) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3479, Longitude: -80.4587 In this case, the coordinates for Olive 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 Olive, 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 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 Olive 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 Olive 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 309.919 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.815 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.019 degrees. |