Bale can mean several things:

• A large package of compressible material, especially hay or straw, tightly bound with twine or wire, often produced by a baling machine

Places

• Basel's French name
• the town Bale of Croatia
• the Bale province (Burkina Faso) of Burkina Faso
• the former Bale province (Ethiopia) of Ethiopia
• Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

People

• Christian Bale, an actor
• Dr. Edward Turner Bale, of the above mill and park