Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cashup

• 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 Cashup:
  • 47.060447, -117.379631
  • 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 Cashup

• 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 Whitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
  • Since Cashup is near Spokane County and also Latah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Latah 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 Cashup

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cashup ...

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.

• Crabtree
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Crabtree is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
• Diamond
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Diamond is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Eden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Eden is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
• Jamestown ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jamestown is located in Latah County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Juno
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Juno is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
• Lone Pine
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
• Pine City ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine City is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
• Spring Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
• Steptoe
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Steptoe is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steptoe <1>
• Sunset
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset is located in Whitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset

How Far From Cashup to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cashup to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cashup and extending to:

• Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cashup to Colfax, with an average speed<3> 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.
• Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,491 miles [12,055.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'