[2] Øvrevoll borders Jar in the south, Grav in the west, Østerås, Eiksmarka and Grini in the north and Voll in the east.
[2] Since 1951 the district is served by Lijordet Station on the Røa Line, located north of the horse racing track.
[3] The idea for establishing the track came from Einar Hirsch in 1927,[4] and approved by the central government despite local protests.
[5] The car park at the racing track was for some time used for association football and bandy by the team Øvrevollkameratene, founded on 26 April 1955.
A clubhouse was raised further south at Jarmyra in 1968, and that open grass plain at Jar became their home field.