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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 Basham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Basham 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Basham
Communities Also Named Basham ...
We found three communities that are also named Basham.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Basham.
Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Floyd 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 Virginia community of Basham [Floyd County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Morgan County
- This Basham is located in Morgan County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Basham that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Basham.
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Basham.
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)
- Arsenic Mine is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenic Mine
- Bangs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bangs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
- Crockett Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Spring
- Falling Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Hemlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Huffville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huffville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffville
- Lee-Hi Court
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
- Lester Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
- Mockingbird Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pilot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Raintree Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Rogers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sugar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Terrys Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Victory Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Basham 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 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Basham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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.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). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.914 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.465 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.744 degrees. |
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