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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 Bowden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowden 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 Bowden:
    • 33.644553, -84.216309
    • 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 Bowden
  • 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 Bowden is near DeKalb County and also Clayton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton 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 Bowden

Communities Also Named Bowden ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bowden.

Within Georgia, the name Bowden is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Bowden lies 1,944 miles [3,128.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bowden that is located in Henry County.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Bowden is located in Duval County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bowden that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Bowden.
    • Louisiana
      • Ascension Parish
      • This Bowden is located in Ascension Parish and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bowden that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Bowden.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Bowden [Penobscot County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin 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 Bowden [Duplin County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Creek County
      • This Bowden is located in Creek County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bowden that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Bowden.
    • Virginia
      • Halifax 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 Virginia community of Bowden [Halifax County].
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph County
      • This Bowden is located in Randolph County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bowden that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Bowden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowden ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Chapel Hill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Chapel Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Chapel Mill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Mill
  • Cherry Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherry Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
  • Cherrywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cherrywood is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Chimney Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Chimney Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Ridge
  • Creek Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Creek Cove is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Cove
  • Fay ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fay is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
  • Forest Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
  • Hidden Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Lakes is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lakes
  • Kings Row
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Kings Row is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
  • Knob ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Knob is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
  • Lincolndale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lincolndale is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolndale
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Miners Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Miners Creek is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Creek
    • Moonlight Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Moonlight Forest is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight Forest
    • Pinecrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pinecrest is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Raiders Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Raiders Ridge is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raiders Ridge
    • River Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • River Run is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
    • Riverchase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverchase is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
    • Rolling Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Royal Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Royal Oaks is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Snapfinger
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Snapfinger is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapfinger
    • Stokes Crossing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Stokes Crossing is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Crossing
    • Strawberry Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Strawberry Hills is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hills
    • Willowcreek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Willowcreek is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek
    • Woodstream
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodstream is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream

How Far From Bowden 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 Bowden to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bowden and extending to:

  • McDonough, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bowden to McDonough, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 539 miles [867.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowden) 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 Bowden, 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 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 Bowden 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 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.
<5>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 Bowden 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 Bowden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6446, Longitude: -84.2163       In this case, the coordinates for Bowden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.148 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.542 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.245 degrees.