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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • 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 Cash:
    • 43.349667, -82.786172
    • 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 Cash
  • 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 Sanilac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sanilac County
    • Since Cash is near Lapeer County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lapeer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Cash

Communities Also Named Cash ...

We found nine communities that are also named Cash.

Within Michigan, the name Cash is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Cash is located in Craighead County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cash that is located in Sanilac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Cash.
    • Georgia
      • Gordon County
      • This Cash is located in Gordon County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the south of the Cash that is located in Sanilac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Cash.
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin 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 Kentucky community of Cash [Hardin County].
      • Hart County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cash [Hart County].
    • Mississippi
      • Scott County
      • This Cash is located in Scott County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cash that is located in Sanilac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Cash.
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This Cash is located in Macon County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cash that is located in Sanilac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Cash.
    • South Carolina
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Cash is located in Chesterfield County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cash that is located in Sanilac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Cash.
    • Texas
      • Hunt County
      • This Cash is located in Hunt County and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cash that is located in Sanilac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Cash.
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester 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 Virginia community of Cash [Gloucester County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cash ...

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.

How Far From Cash to ...

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 Cash to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cash and extending to:

  • Sandusky, which is the Seat of Sanilac County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cash to Lansing, with an average speed<4>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 428 miles [688.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cash) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cash 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cash to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cash. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3497, Longitude: -82.7862       In this case, the coordinates for Cash have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.206 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.88 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.686 degrees.