Welcome to Skidoo ...

So far, we found very little information about Skidoo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Skidoo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Skidoo, please Contact Us.

Skidoo would have been located within present day Inyo County<2>.

Skidoo was founded in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Skidoo is 5,680 feet [1,731 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Skidoo is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Skidoo was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Skidoo still existed, it would have been in the (760) & (442)<4> area codes.

Communities near Skidoo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Skidoo.

• Harrisburg ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Harrisburg is located in Inyo County
• Stovepipe Wells
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
  • Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County
• Death Valley Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Charcoal Kilns
  • Death Valley Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
• Beatty Junction ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Junction
  • Beatty Junction is located in Inyo County
• Furnace Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Creek
  • Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County
  • Furnace Creek has also been known as:
  • Furnace Creek Ranch
• Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
  • Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County
  • Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
  • Greenland
• Indian Village
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Indian Village is located in Inyo County
• Park Village
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
  • Park Village is located in Inyo County
• Panamint Springs
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panamint Springs
  • Panamint Springs is located in Inyo County
• Lookout City ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout City
  • Lookout City is located in Inyo County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Skidoo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Skidoo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Skidoo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skidoo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Skidoo. See our Newspapers Page for Skidoo.

Adding Skidoo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Skidoo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Skidoo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Skidoo post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Skidoo.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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