Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Court:
  • 48.119167, -96.180833
  • 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 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 Pennington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pennington County
  • Since Basswood Court is near Marshall County and also Red Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Red Lake 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 Court

Curious and Interesting Names Near Basswood 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.

• Carpenters Corner
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Carpenters Corner is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
• Challenger Court
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Challenger Court is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenger Court
• Dakota Junction
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Dakota Junction is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
• Hazel
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazel is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
• High Landing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • High Landing is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Landing
• Red Lake Falls
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Red Lake Falls is located in Red Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake Falls <1>
• Rosewood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosewood is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
• Thief River Falls
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Thief River Falls is located in Pennington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thief River Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thief River Falls <1>
• Viking
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Viking is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people

How Far From Basswood 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 Basswood 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 Basswood Court and extending to:

• Thief River Falls, which is the Seat of Pennington County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Basswood Court to Saint Paul, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'