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Mount Olive Mississippi Map

Explore Mount Olive, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Mount Olive, Mississippi

How to Use This Mount Olive, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Olive, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Mount Olive.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Mount Olive
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Covington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.753807
Longitude	-89.655945
Population	895
Density	111.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	39653, 39664, 39443, 39119
Area Code	601
County Seat	Collins
School District	Covington County School District

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About Mount Olive, Mississippi

Mount Olive is a locality in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 895. The population density is 111.6 people per km². Mount Olive is located at 31.7538°N, 89.6559°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mount Olive is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39653, 39664, 39443.

Mount Olive emerges from the pine-thickened landscape of central Mississippi as a place where the Okatoma Creek carves a persistent, amber-colored path through the sandy loam. It lies 31.2 miles west of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 279°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southeast of Magee. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to press against the towering loblolly pines, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Negro Ridge remains a faint suggestion against the horizon. Beneath the canopy, the earth yields to the quiet expansion of McNair Millpond, a mirror of dark water two miles out that captures the shifting, bruised purples of a summer dusk. The terrain, defined by low ridges and the damp, shadowed depressions of Sullivans Hollow, feels ancient and settled, grounded by the steady, unpretentious gravity of the inland plains.

Mount Olive maintains a rhythm dictated by the soil and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, its economy anchored in the persistent labor of the timber industry and the cultivation of the surrounding fields. The residents carry forward a legacy built on the sawmills and the rail lines that once drew life into these woods, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the storefronts and the sparse, sun-bleached houses. While the City Of Magee Sportsplex sits seven miles away as a site for organized competition, the daily life of Mount Olive finds its truest expression in the porch-sitting hours and the muted sounds of a community that understands its place in the deep interior. There is a particular clarity to the light here as it filters through the Spanish moss, illuminating a landscape that asks for little and offers a singular, enduring sense of belonging to those who walk its red-clay roads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Of Magee Sportsplex (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 333° NW
Mcnair Springs (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 331° NW
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 20.3 mi, 359° N · 180k acres
Skirmish at Rocky Creek (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 112° E
James S. George Overlook (Viewpoint) — 29.9 mi, 243° SW
Lawrence County Regional History Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 243° SW
Laurel Little Theatre (Theatre) — 31.1 mi, 098° E
Confederate Soldier (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 097° E
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 097° E
Private (State Conservation Area) — 33.4 mi, 033° NE
Lofty Return (Public Artwork) — 35.2 mi, 147° SE
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 37.3 mi, 109° E · 532k acres
Last Bare Knuckle Prize Fight (Monument) — 37.6 mi, 152° SE
Marion County Wma (State Conservation Area) — 37.6 mi, 187° S
Lucille Parker Gallery (Gallery) — 37.7 mi, 145° SE
Sarah Gillespie Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 145° SE
Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 38.5 mi, 358° N
Lake Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 39.6 mi, 263° W
Old Capitol Museum (Museum) — 48.6 mi, 321° NW
Arts Center of Mississippi (Museum) — 48.7 mi, 321° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.4 mi, 169° S · 20k acres
Smith-Wills Stadium (Stadium) — 49.7 mi, 324° NW
Boyd Mound (Historic Ruins) — 54.0 mi, 334° NW
Boyd Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 54.0 mi, 334° NW
Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 56.2 mi, 342° N
Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well (Attraction) — 56.8 mi, 082° E
Black Creek, Mississippi Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 57.9 mi, 146° SE · 5,668 acres
The Fortress (Historic Castle / Fort) — 59.4 mi, 169° S
Black Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.2 mi, 145° SE · 5,084 acres
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.4 mi, 189° S · 73k acres

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