Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Landing:
  • 40.510602, -84.526621
  • 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 Landing

• 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since Bass Landing is near Auglaize County and also Darke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Auglaize County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Darke 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 Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bass Landing ...

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.

• Club Island
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Club Island is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Island
• Coldwater Beach
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Coldwater Beach is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Beach
• Duckfoot Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Duckfoot Landing is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckfoot Landing
• Harbor Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Harbor Point is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
• Idlewild
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Idlewild is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Lees Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Lees Landing is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Landing
• Mariners Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mariners Point is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Point
• Montezuma
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Montezuma is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
• Turtle Neck Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Turtle Neck Point is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Neck Point

How Far From Bass Landing to ...

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 Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bass Landing and extending to:

• Celina, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bass Landing to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,736 miles [7,621.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'