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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 Bassett Forks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bassett Forks 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 Bassett Forks:
- 36.740970, -79.934207
- 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 Bassett Forks
- 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Since Bassett Forks is near Martinsville City and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martinsville City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Bassett Forks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bassett Forks ...
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.
- Blackberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackberry is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Figsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Figsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figsboro
- Grassy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grassy Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Henry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Top is located in Martinsville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Jones Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Creek is located in Martinsville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Martinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Reed Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Rock Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Run is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Stanleytown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Bassett Forks 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 Bassett Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bassett Forks and extending to:
- Collinsville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bassett Forks to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,695 miles [7,555.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Bassett Forks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Bassett Forks 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 Bassett Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7410, Longitude: -79.9342 In this case, the coordinates for Bassett Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.68 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.154 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.673 degrees. |
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