Welcome to Basin ...

Basin is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

Basin is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Basin lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Basin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Basin - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi (2), Montana, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Basin.

Communities near Basin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basin.

• Afton ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Afton is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
• Zzyzx
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Zzyzx is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zzyzx
  • Former names for Zzyzx:
  • Camp Soda
  • Soda Springs
• Baker
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Baker is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <3>
• Lavic ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Lavic is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavic
• Ludlow
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Ludlow is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludlow <3>
• Glasgow ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Glasgow is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
• Fort Irwin
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Irwin is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Irwin
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Irwin <3>
• Newberry Springs
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Newberry Springs is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry Springs <3>
• Ragtown ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Ragtown is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
• Kerens ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Kerens is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Basin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Basin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Basin.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basin. See our Newspapers Page for Basin.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Basin ...

Looking for more information about Basin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Basin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Basin.

Adding Basin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Basin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Basin was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Basin.