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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 Cimarron, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cimarron 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 Cimarron:
    • 36.298562, -119.813745
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Cimarron
  • 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 Kings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
    • Since Cimarron is near Fresno County and also Tulare County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Cimarron

Communities Also Named Cimarron ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cimarron.

Within California, the name Cimarron is unique.

Beyond California, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Cimarron is located in Maricopa County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Cimarron.
    • Colorado
      • Elbert County
      • This Cimarron is located in Elbert County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elbert County community of Cimarron.
      • Montrose County
      • This Cimarron is located in Montrose County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the east northeast of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montrose County community of Cimarron.
    • Kansas
      • Ford 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 Cimarron [Ford County].
      • Gray County
      • This Cimarron is located in Gray County and lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the east of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gray County community of Cimarron.
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cimarron [Sedgwick County].
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This Cimarron is located in Colfax County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Cimarron.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma community of Cimarron [Oklahoma County].
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Cimarron is located in Harris County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Cimarron.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Cimarron is located in Salt Lake County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cimarron that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Cimarron.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cimarron ...

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.

  • Clint
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Clint is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
  • Guernsey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Guernsey is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
  • Halls Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Halls Corner is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
  • Home Garden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Home Garden is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
  • Hub
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hub is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
  • Marsala ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Marsala is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsala
  • Orion ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Orion is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Shell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Shell is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell

How Far From Cimarron 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 Cimarron to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cimarron and extending to:

  • Hanford, which is the Seat of Kings County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cimarron to Hanford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,325 miles [3,741.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,227 miles [13,240.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cimarron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cimarron 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 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.
<4>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 Cimarron to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cimarron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2986, Longitude: -119.8137       In this case, the coordinates for Cimarron have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.845 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.231 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.578 degrees.