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Fort Basinger, Florida

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Port Saint Lucie. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the east of Fort Basinger and has a population of 88,769 people.<1>

The next largest community is Palm Bay. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the northeast of Fort Basinger and has a population of 79,413 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arcadia   W50 mi [80.5 km]6,7712.53% increase
 Avon Park   NW31 mi [49.89 km]9,0335.75% increase
 Clewiston   S42 mi [67.6 km]7,16710.94% increase
 Fellsmere   NE40 mi [64.4 km]4,92029.03% increase
 Fort Pierce   E44 mi [70.8 km]40,8858.98% increase
 Frostproof   NW39 mi [62.8 km]2,8912.82% decrease
 Indian River Shores   NE47 mi [75.6 km]3,3931.6% decrease
 La Belle   SW50 mi [80.5 km]4,80614.16% increase
 Lake Wales   NW50 mi [80.5 km]14,47441.99% increase
 Okeechobee   SE16 mi [25.75 km]5,98711.37% increase
 Pahokee   SE44 mi [70.8 km]6,59810.24% increase
 Sebastian   NE45 mi [72.4 km]20,26525.24% increase
 Sebring   W25 mi [40.23 km]10,71410.83% increase
 Vero Beach   NE45 mi [72.4 km]16,9824.08% decrease
 Wauchula   W47 mi [75.6 km]4,5113.27% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Babson Park   NW43 mi [69.2 km]---
 Buckhead Ridge   SE18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Canal Point   SE43 mi [69.2 km]---
 Cypress Quarters   SE16 mi [25.75 km]---
 De Soto City   W22 mi [35.41 km]---
 Hall City   SW37 mi [59.5 km]---
 Indiantown   SE42 mi [67.6 km]---
 Lake Placid   W19 mi [30.58 km]1,87812.59% increase
 Lakewood Park   E42 mi [67.6 km]---
 Moore Haven   S36 mi [57.9 km]1,6832.94% increase
 Placid Lakes   W23 mi [37.01 km]---
 Sylvan Shores   W17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Taylor Creek   SE19 mi [30.58 km]---
 West Vero Corridor   NE39 mi [62.8 km]---
 Yeehaw Junction   N25 mi [40.23 km]---

Highlands County

Fort Basinger is located in Highlands County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Highlands: Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Okeechobee, Osceola and Polk.

While not sharing a border with Highlands, the counties of Indian River and Martin are close to Fort Basinger.

Below are counties that are near Fort Basinger (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Fort Basinger:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Fort Basinger
 Glades County   SEBuckhead Ridge18 miles [28 km]
 Hardee County   WCrewsville32 miles [51 km]
 Indian River County   NEYeehaw25 miles [40 km]
 Martin County   SEMarcy29 miles [46 km]
 Okeechobee County   NEBasinger3 miles [4 km]
 Osceola County   NYeehaw Junction25 miles [40 km]
 Polk County   NWPittsburg33 miles [53 km]
 Saint Lucie County   ECana35 miles [56 km]



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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fort Basinger. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fort Basinger.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Basinger and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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