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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bass 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:
- 38.948444, -79.002252
- 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
- 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 Hardy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- Since Bass is near Grant County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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
Communities Also Named Bass ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Bass.
Within West Virginia, the name Bass is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- This Bass is located in Jackson County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Bass.
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Coconino County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Bass.
- Arkansas
- Newton County
- This Bass is located in Newton County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the west of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Bass.
- Florida
- Columbia County
- This Bass is located in Columbia County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Bass.
- Georgia
- Houston County
- This Bass is located in Houston County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Bass.
- Indiana
- Starke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bass [Starke County].
- Kentucky
- Casey County
- This Bass is located in Casey County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Casey County community of Bass.
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bass [Pike County].
- Missouri
- Cole County
- This Bass is located in Cole County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cole County community of Bass.
- Montana
- Ravalli County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Bass [Ravalli County].
- New Mexico
- Eddy County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Eddy County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eddy County community of Bass.
- North Carolina
- Sampson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bass [Sampson County].
- Oregon
- Douglas County
- This Bass is located in Douglas County and lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bass that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Bass.
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bass [Giles County].
- Texas
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bass [Smith County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bass ...
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.
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Brake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brake is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake
- Fisher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Lost City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meadow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meadow is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Pansy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Peru
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Rough Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rough Run is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Run
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Tannery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tannery is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Town Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Town Hill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
- Walnut Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
How Far From Bass 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bass and extending to:
- Moorefield, which is the Seat of Hardy County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bass to Charleston, 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 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 105 miles [169 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,978 miles [9,620.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bass) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 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. |
| <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 Bass 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9484, Longitude: -79.0023 In this case, the coordinates for Bass have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.055 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.772 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.529 degrees. |
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