Olympus Ghost Town

Pickett County, Tennessee36.5820, -85.1835

Can you visit?

Likely private land

Private or unlisted land · Ask the owner first

Nearest town
8 miAlbany, KY
Mild months
Mar–Nov9 of 12
Next ghost town
19 miStop
Illustration of a south landscape
Illustration of the landscape type, not a picture of Olympus. No free-licensed photo yet.

Olympus is an abandoned town in Pickett County, Tennessee.

On the map

20 mi40 miMonticelloAlgoodLivingstonRussell SpringsMontereyTompkinsvilleJamestownOlympus
  • Private or unlisted

Star: Olympus. Dots: other ghost towns within 40 miles, colored by land manager. Squares: towns over 1,000 people. Rings are straight-line distance. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

The closest town with more than 1,000 people is Albany, KY, about 8 miles north in a straight line. The nearest city over 50,000 is Lebanon, TN, 70 miles away.

Ghost towns nearby

  1. Stop19 mi northeast
  2. Creelsboro21 mi north
  3. Montgomery45 mi southeast
  4. Fork Mountain53 mi southeast
  5. Devonia54 mi southeast
  6. Pinhook55 mi southwest
  7. Big Spring60 mi west
  8. Chaumont62 mi northwest

Distances are straight lines. Roads to ruins are often dirt, and a 20-mile hop can take an hour.

Who owns the land

Private or unlisted land

The point we have for this town is not on any public or protected parcel in PAD-US, the national map of public land. That usually means private land. Ruins on private land are off limits without the owner's permission, even when no fence or sign is visible. Look from the public road. Another parcel starts within a quarter mile: Cordell Hull. Ruins often spread across more than one owner.

The point is the town location from Wikidata, and the land record is from PAD-US 3.0 (USGS). Ruins can spread past that point, and land changes hands faster than the database. How we read PAD-US.

Weather by month

0°20°40°60°80°100°4627Jan5029Feb5936Mar7044Apr7654May8263Jun8467Jul8464Aug8057Sep7045Oct5936Nov4930DecJan: 4.5 inFeb: 5.0 inMar: 5.0 inApr: 5.2 inMay: 4.9 inJun: 4.7 inJul: 5.3 inAug: 4.1 inSep: 3.6 inOct: 3.3 inNov: 3.7 inDec: 5.3 inrain
Mild month (average high 55–88°F, low above 28°F) 32°F, freezing Rain and snow water, inches

Mild months here run March to November, judging by NOAA normals from Byrdstown.

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from the Byrdstown station (USC00401310), 3.2 miles away. About 54.6 inches of precipitation a year.

Facts

LocationPickett County, Tennessee
Coordinates36.58198, -85.18349
Also known asOlympus, TN
SourcesWikidata Q14946712 · Wikipedia article

Questions

Where is Olympus ghost town?

In Pickett County, Tennessee, at 36.5820, -85.1835. The closest town with more than 1,000 people is Albany, KY, about 8 miles north in a straight line. The nearest city over 50,000 is Lebanon, TN, 70 miles away.

Can you visit Olympus?

Likely private land. The point we have for this town is not on any public or protected parcel in PAD-US, the national map of public land. That usually means private land. Ruins on private land are off limits without the owner's permission, even when no fence or sign is visible. Look from the public road. Another parcel starts within a quarter mile: Cordell Hull. Ruins often spread across more than one owner.

When is the best time to visit Olympus?

Mild months here run March to November, judging by NOAA normals from Byrdstown.

Are there other ghost towns near Olympus?

Yes. Stop (19 mi), Creelsboro (21 mi).

More ghost towns in Tennessee

All 18 ghost towns in Tennessee · Ghost towns near Nashville