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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cerro Gordo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cerro Gordo and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Cerro Gordo:
    • 36.537743, -117.795068
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cerro Gordo
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Inyo County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cerro Gordo ...

We found six communities that share the name Cerro Gordo.

Within California, the name Cerro Gordo is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Piatt County
      • This Cerro Gordo is located in Piatt County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cerro Gordo that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piatt County community of Cerro Gordo.
    • Indiana
      • Randolph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cerro Gordo [Randolph County].
    • Kansas
      • Jewell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cerro Gordo [Jewell County].
    • Minnesota
      • Lac qui Parle County
      • This Cerro Gordo is located in Lac qui Parle County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cerro Gordo that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lac qui Parle County community of Cerro Gordo.
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • This Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County and lies 2,177 miles [3,503.5 km]<1> to the east of the Cerro Gordo that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Cerro Gordo.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This Cerro Gordo is located in Hardin County and lies 1,651 miles [2,657 km]<1> to the east of the Cerro Gordo that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Cerro Gordo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cerro Gordo ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Boulder Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
    • Boulder Creek is located in Inyo County
  • Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Darwin
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dolomite ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
    • Dolomite is located in Inyo County
  • Lane Mill ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Mill
    • Lane Mill is located in Inyo County
  • Lone Pine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Station
    • Lone Pine Station is located in Inyo County
    • Lone Pine Station has also been known as:
    • Mount Whitney
    • Whitney
  • Mock ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
    • Mock is located in Inyo County
  • Reward ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
    • Reward is located in Inyo County
  • Teakettle Junction ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakettle Junction
    • Teakettle Junction is located in Inyo County
  • Tramway ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tramway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
    • Tramway is located in Inyo County

How Far From Cerro Gordo to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cerro Gordo to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<6> community of Cerro Gordo once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cerro Gordo and extending to:

  • Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cerro Gordo to Independence, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,213 miles [3,561.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,400 miles [11,909.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,169 miles [13,146.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<11>

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cerro Gordo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cerro Gordo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5377, Longitude: -117.7951    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cerro Gordo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cerro Gordo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Cerro Gordo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.202 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.262 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.381 degrees.




 

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