Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cimota City

• 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 Cimota City:
  • 37.092276, -88.856170
  • 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 Cimota City

• 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 McCracken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken County
  • Since Cimota City is near Ballard County and also Massac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Massac 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 Cimota City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cimota City ...

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.

• Chiles
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Chiles is located in McCracken County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
• Future City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Future City is located in McCracken County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
• Gage
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Gage is located in Ballard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
• Grahamville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Grahamville is located in McCracken County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
• High Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • High Point is located in McCracken County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
• Joppa
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Joppa is located in Massac County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joppa <1>
• Lovelaceville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
• Needmore
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Needmore is located in Ballard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Ragland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ragland is located in McCracken County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland

How Far From Cimota City 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 community such as Cimota City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cimota City and extending to:

• Paducah, which is the Seat of McCracken County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Cimota City to Paducah, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'