Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Basham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Basham and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Basham
- 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 Basham:
- 37.036242, -80.342547
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Basham
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Basham is near Floyd County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Basham ...
We found three communities that share the name Basham.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Basham.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Basham ...
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.
- Arsenic Mine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arsenic Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenic Mine
- Arsenic Mine is located in Floyd County
- Bangs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Christiansburg is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,399 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christiansburg <5>
- Craig Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
- Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
- Crockett Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Spring
- Crockett Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Falling Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
- Hemlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Huffville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lee-Hi Court
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee-Hi Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
- Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
- Lester Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lester Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
- Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
- Mockingbird Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mockingbird Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pilot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Pilot is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot <5>
- Raintree Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raintree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Rogers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Sugar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Terrys Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Victory Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Pilot
How Far From Basham 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 Basham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Basham and extending to:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Basham to Richmond, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,118 miles [9,846 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Basham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montva.com/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Basham 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Basham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Basham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0362, Longitude: -80.3425 In this case, the coordinates for Basham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Basham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Basham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.914 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.465 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.744 degrees. |