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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bass Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lake:
    • 35.289559, -82.625401
    • 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 Lake
  • 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 Transylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
    • Since Bass Lake is near Henderson County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Lake

Communities Also Named Bass Lake ...

We found seven communities that are also named Bass Lake.

Within North Carolina, the name Bass Lake is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Madera County
      • This Bass Lake is located in Madera County and lies 2,047 miles [3,294.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bass Lake that is located in Transylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Bass Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Starke County
      • This Bass Lake is located in Starke County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bass Lake that is located in Transylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starke County community of Bass Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Mason County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bass Lake [Mason County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bass Lake [Hennepin County].
    • Ohio
      • Geauga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bass Lake [Geauga County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bass Lake.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Bass Lake is located in York County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bass Lake that is located in Transylvania County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Bass Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bass Lake ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Falls Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Falls Creek is located in Transylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
  • Glen Cannon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Cannon is located in Transylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cannon
  • Holly Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Horse Shoe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Cave Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Indian Cave Park is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cave Park
  • Indian Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian Cove is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
  • Knob Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Knob Creek is located in Transylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
  • Knob Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Knob Hill is located in Transylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
  • Knob Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Ridge
  • Lake Rugby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Rugby is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Rugby
  • Little River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Little River is located in Transylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Mountain View
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountain View is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Quail Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
    • Seven Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
    • Sky Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sky Village is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
    • Still Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Still Meadows is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Meadows
    • Stoney Brook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stoney Brook is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
    • Sweetwater Farms
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweetwater Farms is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Farms
    • Turkey Pen Gap
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Turkey Pen Gap is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pen Gap
    • Wolf Ford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wolf Ford is located in Transylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Ford

How Far From Bass Lake to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bass Lake and extending to:

  • Brevard, which is the Seat of Transylvania County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bass Lake to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lake 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2896, Longitude: -82.6254       In this case, the coordinates for Bass Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.262 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.755 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.191 degrees.