Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Basswood Estates:
  • 27.278101, -80.857283
  • 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 Basswood Estates

• 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 Okeechobee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Okeechobee County
  • Since Basswood Estates is near Glades County and also Highlands County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glades County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Highlands 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 Basswood Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Basswood Estates ...

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.

• Barber Quarters
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Barber Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Quarters
• Cypress Quarters
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
• Eagle Island
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Island is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Island
• Fort Drum
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fort Drum is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Drum
• Marcy
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marcy is located in Martin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
• Mildred
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mildred is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
• Up the Grove Beach
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Up the Grove Beach is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Up the Grove Beach
• Whispering Pines
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Basswood Estates 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 Basswood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Basswood Estates and extending to:

• Okeechobee, which is the Seat of Okeechobee County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Basswood Estates to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 831 miles [1,337.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,233 miles [11,640.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'