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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 Bowmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowmont 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 Bowmont:
- 43.455794, -116.541109
- 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 Bowmont
- 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 Canyon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canyon County
- Since Bowmont is near Ada County and also Owyhee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owyhee 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 Bowmont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowmont ...
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.
- Bugtown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bugtown is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bugtown
- Cloverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Deal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Deal is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
- Givens Hot Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Givens Hot Springs is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Hot Springs
- Kings Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Melba
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meridian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sunnyslope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyslope is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
- Swan Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ustick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ustick is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ustick
- Walters Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Bowmont to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bowmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bowmont and extending to:
- Caldwell, which is the Seat of Canyon County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bowmont to Caldwell, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,704 miles [12,398.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 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 '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- Bowmont) 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 Bowmont 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 Bowmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4558, Longitude: -116.5411 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.87 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.339 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.364 degrees. |
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