Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cadillac, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cadillac and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cadillac
- 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 Cadillac:
- 44.253906, -85.402429
- 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 Cadillac
- 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 Wexford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wexford County
- Since Cadillac is near Missaukee County and also Osceola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Missaukee County
- eBird sighting report for Osceola 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 Cadillac ...
We found six communities that share the name Cadillac.
Within Michigan, the name Cadillac is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Cadillac, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- France
- Distance: 3,985 miles [6,413.2 km]<2> to the east northeast
- France
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cadillac ...
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.
- Gilbert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland is located in Osceola County
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Jennings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Jennings is located in Missaukee County
- Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Missaukee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <4>
- Lucas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Lucas is located in Missaukee County
- Park Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Park Lake is located in Osceola County
- Stoney Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Corner
- Stoney Corner is located in Missaukee County
- Stoney Corner has also been known as:
- Stoney Corners
How Far From Cadillac 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 Cadillac to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cadillac and extending to:
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Cadillac to Lansing, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,615 miles [7,427.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cadillac: www.cadillac-mi.net/
The official website for Wexford County: www.wexfordcounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cadillac 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cadillac) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cadillac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2539, Longitude: -85.4024 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cadillac 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 312.893 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.923 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.689 degrees. |