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Mount Olive

Mount Olive from directly overhead

Mount Olive is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Bald Mountain stands 440 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Atoka State Game Refuge, a park 5.0 miles away. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

ghost town in Oklahoma, United States

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Coordinates34.45861, -96.00861
Around it

44 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
  • Scratch Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 13.0 mi
  • Long Mountain: 13.9 mi
  • Hewitt Mountain: 14.9 mi
  • Flagpole Mountain: 15.9 mi
Parks: 7
  • Atoka State Game Refuge: 5.0 mi
  • Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
  • Atoka City Park: 9.7 mi
  • Natural Scenic Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
  • Coalgate City Park: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Choctaw Travel Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • Atoka Truck Stop: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Billy Cemetery: 18.3 mi
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
Bald MountainENE 57°440 m19.2 mi
Little Caney MountainENE 77°403 m23.2 mi
Turkey MountainENE 72°391 m24.1 mi
Pine MountainNNE 23°385 m13.0 mi
Hewitt MountainENE 57°373 m14.9 mi
Buck Creek MountainE 83°361 m18.1 mi
Flat Top MountainE 98°360 m21.4 mi
Big MountainE 97°349 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:36
June solstice06:1320:0320:40
September equinox07:1318:4919:22
December solstice07:2816:4017:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394452606978828274635142
Precip in2.12.53.84.17.04.83.23.24.24.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atoka, 9 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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