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Mount Olive

Mount Olive from directly overhead

Mount Olive is a ghost town in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Round Top stands 275 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nashville City Park, a park 2.3 miles away. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

ghost town in Howard County, Arkansas

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Coordinates33.94940, -93.90690
Around it

68 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Nashville City Park: 2.3 mi
  • Cottonshed Landing Use Area: 11.4 mi
  • Jack Clawson Memorial Park: 13.0 mi
  • Crater of Diamonds State Park: 14.5 mi
  • Crater of Diamonds State Park: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Steele Hill: 10.7 mi
  • West Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Middle Hill: 14.5 mi
  • East Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Twin Knobs: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 6
  • Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village Museum: 13.3 mi
  • Black History Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Print Museum: 17.6 mi
  • B.W. Edwards Weapons Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Klipsch Museum of Audio History: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Olive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopNNE 29°275 m22.7 mi
Skelton MountainNE 38°274 m20.9 mi
Pine MountainNNE 13°271 m19.7 mi
Funderburk MountainNE 44°253 m20.5 mi
Beacon HillNE 37°234 m17.4 mi
Mill MountainNE 35°224 m17.8 mi
Dynamite HillNE 39°224 m17.9 mi
Twin KnobsENE 67°176 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5519:28
June solstice06:0619:5420:31
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:1816:3317:11

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434754627179828276645345
Precip in4.04.25.15.76.24.24.13.23.75.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashville, 4 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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