Cima
Cima is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,277 m. Clark Mountain stands 2,417 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Burro Spring, a spring 3.3 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 33 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in San Bernardino County, California, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1906
How to reach it
- 32.7 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Burro Spring: 3.3 mi
- White Rock Spring: 3.4 mi
- Cut Springs: 4.3 mi
- Kessler Spring: 4.6 mi
- Live Oak Spring: 5.0 mi
- Wildcat Butte: 4.9 mi
- Kessler Peak: 5.6 mi
- Teutonia Peak: 5.6 mi
- Cima Dome: 6.0 mi
- Pinto Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Mojave Road: 4.3 mi
- Mojave Memorial Cross: 6.1 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 11.0 mi
- Nevada Southern Railway: 18.9 mi
- Mitchell Cavern and Winding Stair Cave: 20.3 mi
- Vanderbilt: 15.4 mi
- Providence: 17.8 mi
- Kelso: 17.8 mi
- Ivanpah: 21.3 mi
- Hart: 22.6 mi
- Aikens Arch: 14.1 mi
- Clark Mountain Natural Arch: 21.7 mi
- Providence Mountains State Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Mitchell Caverns State Park: 20.5 mi
- Nipton: 20.4 mi
- Ivanpah Lake: 22.2 mi
- Mojave National Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Kelso Depot: 17.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 20.4 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cima. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mountain | NNW 346° | 2,417 m | 20.5 mi |
| New York Two Mountain | E 82° | 2,296 m | 10.7 mi |
| New York Mountain | E 81° | 2,275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Edgar Peak | S 186° | 2,183 m | 19.6 mi |
| Fountain Peak | S 186° | 2,126 m | 20.3 mi |
| Drum Peak | E 93° | 2,123 m | 10.1 mi |
| Table Top | SE 140° | 1,884 m | 11.6 mi |
| Kessler Peak | NNW 342° | 1,879 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:55 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell Caverns, 21 mi away.
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