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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 Bowlesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowlesville 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 Bowlesville:
- 37.674214, -88.212536
- 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 Bowlesville
- 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 Gallatin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
- Since Bowlesville is near Hardin County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Bowlesville
Communities Also Named Bowlesville ...
We found one communities that are also named Bowlesville.
Within Illinois, the name Bowlesville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Bowlesville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bowlesville [Albemarle County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowlesville ...
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.
- Derby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Eagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Equality
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gross is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Horseshoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lamb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Saline Rocks Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saline Rocks Ferry is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Rocks Ferry
- Saline Tip Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saline Tip Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Tip Ferry
- Sparks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Hill
- Spring Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
How Far From Bowlesville 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 Bowlesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Bowlesville once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Bowlesville and extending to:
- Shawneetown, which is the Seat of Gallatin County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<4> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bowlesville to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bowlesville 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Bowlesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowlesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bowlesville 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 Bowlesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6742, Longitude: -88.2125 In this case, the coordinates for Bowlesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.752 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.103 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.957 degrees. |
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