We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Bass River.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Barnstable County
This Bass River is located in Barnstable County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Bass River.
Michigan
Ottawa County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bass River [Ottawa County].
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Bass River is located in Burlington County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Bass River.
Nova Scotia
This Bass River lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bass River ...
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.
Beersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beersville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Bass River to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bass River and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 513 miles [825.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bass River to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,103 miles [8,212.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,693 miles [5,943.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 River 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 . 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.
<2>
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 from Point A (ie- Bass River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bass River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5443, Longitude: -65.1134
<3>
If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 River to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.496 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.313 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.265 degrees.