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 Bassett:
34.053904, -117.98682
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.
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 Los Angeles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found thirteen communities that share the name Bassett.
Within California, the name Bassett is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Mississippi County
This Bassett is located in Mississippi County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the east of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Bassett.
Idaho
Jefferson County
This Bassett is located in Jefferson County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bassett.
Indiana
Howard 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 Indiana community of Bassett [Howard County].
Iowa
Chickasaw County
This Bassett is located in Chickasaw County and lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Bassett.
Kansas
Allen County
This Bassett is located in Allen County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Bassett.
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Bassett is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,637 miles [2,634.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Bassett.
Nebraska
Rock County
This Bassett is located in Rock County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Bassett.
Nevada
White Pine County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Bassett [White Pine County].
New Jersey
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 New Jersey community of Bassett [Gloucester County].
Ohio
Wood County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bassett [Wood County].
Texas
Bowie County
This Bassett is located in Bowie County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the east of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Bassett.
Virginia
Henry County
This Bassett is located in Henry County and lies 2,132 miles [3,431.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Bassett.
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
This Bassett is located in Kenosha County and lies 1,705 miles [2,743.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bassett that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Bassett.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bassett ...
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.
Butler (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Bassett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bassett and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Bassett to Los Angeles, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 368 miles [592.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,278 miles [3,666.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,561 miles [12,168.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,330 miles [13,405.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bassett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bassett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0539, Longitude: -117.9868
<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 Bassett 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bassett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Bassett to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.027 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.884 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.483 degrees.