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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 Cashtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cashtown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cashtown:
    • 39.884538, -77.359430
    • 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 Cashtown
  • 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Since Cashtown is near Franklin County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Cashtown

Communities Also Named Cashtown ...

We found three communities that are also named Cashtown.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Cashtown.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Franklin County
      • This Cashtown is located in Franklin County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west of the Cashtown that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Cashtown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Big Stone County
      • This Cashtown is located in Big Stone County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cashtown that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Stone County community of Cashtown.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cashtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cashtown ...

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.

  • Black Horse Tavern
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Horse Tavern is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse Tavern
  • Floradale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Floradale is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floradale
  • Goldenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Goldenville is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenville
  • Hammer Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hammer Hall is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Hall
  • Hilltown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hilltown is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
  • Iron Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Iron Springs is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
  • Maria Furnace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Maria Furnace is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria Furnace
  • Marshall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Marshall is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Mount Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Hope is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Seven Stars
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Stars is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
  • Table Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Table Rock is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Tartown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tartown is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tartown
  • Trust
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Trust is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
  • Virginia Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Virginia Mills is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mills

How Far From Cashtown 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 community such as Cashtown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gettysburg, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Cashtown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cashtown) 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 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 Cashtown 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 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.
<4>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 Cashtown 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 Cashtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8845, Longitude: -77.3594       In this case, the coordinates for Cashtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.016 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.735 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.468 degrees.