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 Grimes:
35.466160, -99.760938
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.
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 Roger Mills County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found twelve communities that share the name Grimes.
Within Oklahoma, the name Grimes is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Dale County
This Grimes is located in Dale County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Grimes.
Tuscaloosa County
This Grimes is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Grimes.
California
Colusa County
This Grimes is located in Colusa County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Grimes.
Georgia
Harris 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 Georgia community of Grimes [Harris County].
Iowa
Polk County
This Grimes is located in Polk County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Grimes.
Louisiana
East Carroll Parish
This Grimes is located in East Carroll Parish and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Carroll Parish community of Grimes.
Maryland
Washington County
This Grimes is located in Washington County and lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Grimes.
North Carolina
Rowan County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grimes [Rowan County].
Ohio
Adams County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Grimes [Adams County].
Texas
Nolan County
This Grimes is located in Nolan County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the south of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Grimes.
Tyler 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 Texas community of Grimes [Tyler County].
Virginia
Frederick County
This Grimes is located in Frederick County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grimes that is located in Roger Mills County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Grimes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grimes ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sweetwater. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
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 Grimes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grimes and extending to:
Cheyenne, which is the Seat of Roger Mills County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grimes to Cheyenne, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,694 miles [12,382.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,585 miles [8,988.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
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- Grimes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grimes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4662, Longitude: -99.7609 In this case, the coordinates for Grimes 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 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 Grimes 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 Grimes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Grimes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.296 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.585 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.746 degrees.