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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.
- 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:
- 40.145926, -76.781636
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Bass Lake is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Pennsylvania, the name Bass Lake is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, 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 2,290 miles [3,685.4 km]<1> to the west of the Bass Lake that is located in York 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 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bass Lake that is located in York 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].
- North Carolina
- Transylvania County
- This Bass Lake is located in Transylvania County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bass Lake that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Bass Lake.
- 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.
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.
- Bunches
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bunches is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunches
- Cedar Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Point is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cherry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Frogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Harvest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harvest Hills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
- Highspire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lewisberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marsh Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Maytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Quaker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Ramblewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ramblewood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Valley Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Woodside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodside is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Bass Lake 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 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:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bass Lake to York, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,834 miles [9,388.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 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 obstructions 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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: 40.1459, Longitude: -76.7816 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 307.651 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.361 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.112 degrees. |
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