Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cisco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cisco and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cisco
- 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 Cisco:
- 37.852590, -83.135173
- 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 Cisco
- 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
- Since Cisco is near Morgan County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Cisco ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Cisco.
Within Kentucky, the name Cisco is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Cisco lies 2,060 miles [3,315.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cisco that is located in Magoffin County.
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cisco ...
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.
- Coffee Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffee Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Creek
- Coffee Creek is located in Morgan County
- Dingus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Edna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Elsie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Ever
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Flat Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Fork
- Flat Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Gordon Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Ford
- Gordon Ford is located in Morgan County
- Grayfox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Holliday
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Jones Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Jones Creek is located in Morgan County
- Lacey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Lacey is located in Magoffin County
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Lickburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Logville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
- Rockhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Silverhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverhill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverhill
- Silverhill is located in Morgan County
- Lickburg
How Far From Cisco to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cisco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cisco and extending to:
- Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cisco to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cisco. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cisco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cisco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8526, Longitude: -83.1352 In this case, the coordinates for Cisco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cisco 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> | 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 Cisco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Cisco 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 311.583 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.493 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.666 degrees. |