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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bass Brook Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bass Brook Court and the surrounding area.
- 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 Brook Court:
- 47.263889, -93.606944
- 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 Bass Brook Court
- 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 Itasca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itasca County
- Since Bass Brook Court is near Cass County and also Aitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aitkin 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 Bass Brook Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bass Brook Court ...
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.
- Ball Club
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ball Club is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Club
- Bass Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Brook is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Brook
- Blackberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackberry is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Deer River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- Marble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Silverwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silverwood is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Taconite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taconite is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
How Far From Bass Brook Court 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 Brook Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bass Brook Court and extending to:
- Grand Rapids, which is the Seat of Itasca County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Bass Brook Court to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bass Brook Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brook Court to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bass Brook Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2639, Longitude: -93.6069 In this case, the coordinates for Bass Brook Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.723 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.202 degrees. |
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