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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cimarron
- 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:
- 37.811155, -100.347841
- 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 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 Gray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gray County
- Since Cimarron is near Ford County and also Finney County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ford County
- eBird sighting report for Finney 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 Cimarron ...
We found ten communities that share the name Cimarron.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Cimarron.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Ford County
- Sedgwick County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Elbert County
- This Cimarron is located in Elbert County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cimarron that is located in Gray 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 393 miles [632.5 km] to the west of the Cimarron that is located in Gray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montrose County community of Cimarron.
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Utah
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.
- Dodge City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Dodge City is located in Ford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,687 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodge City <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dodge City
- From Cimarron to Dodge City
- Ensign
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
- Ensign is located in Gray County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ensign
- From Cimarron to Ensign
- Fowler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Fowler is located in Meade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <3>
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Finney County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,003 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Garden City
- From Cimarron to Garden City
- Montezuma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Montezuma is located in Gray County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Montezuma
- From Cimarron to Montezuma
- Pierceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pierceville is located in Finney County
How Far From Cimarron to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city 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:
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cimarron to Topeka, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,590 miles [12,214.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,492 miles [8,838.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cimarron. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cimarron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cimarron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8112, Longitude: -100.3478 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.639 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.756 degrees. |