Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bass, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bass and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bass
- 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 Bass:
- 32.585701, -83.666573
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bass
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Bass is near Peach County and also Bibb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Peach County
- eBird sighting report for Bibb 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bass ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Bass.
Within Georgia, the name Bass is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Casey County
- This Bass is located in Casey County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bass that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Casey County community of Bass.
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bass [Pike County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bass ...
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.
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Houston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,001 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <4>
- Creekside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Doublegate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doublegate have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublegate
- Doublegate is located in Houston County
- Dove Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Heard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Hickory Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Hickory Woods is located in Houston County
- Hidden Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Hidden Oaks is located in Houston County
- Hunters Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Hunters Ridge is located in Houston County
- Kings Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Kings Crossing is located in Houston County
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- Pilgrim Rest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest
- Pilgrim Rest is located in Houston County
- Quail Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Meadow
- Quail Meadow is located in Houston County
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Settlers Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
- Settlers Landing is located in Houston County
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Houston County
- Turtle Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtle Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Turtle Creek is located in Houston County
- Pilgrim Rest
How Far From Bass to ...
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 Bass to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bass and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bass to Perry, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bass. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Houston County: www.houstoncountyga.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bass) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bass. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5857, Longitude: -83.6666 In this case, the coordinates for Bass have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bass 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Bass 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 311.783 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.972 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.288 degrees. |