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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 Bowers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowers 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 Bowers:
    • 40.157057, -86.724782
    • 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 Bowers
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Bowers is near Clinton County and also Tippecanoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tippecanoe 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 Bowers

Communities Also Named Bowers ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Bowers.

Within Indiana, the name Bowers is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Bowers is located in Kent County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the east of the Bowers that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Bowers.
    • Georgia
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bowers [Crawford County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Latimer County
      • This Bowers is located in Latimer County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bowers that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latimer County community of Bowers.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Bowers is located in Berks County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the east of the Bowers that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Bowers.
    • South Carolina
      • Hampton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bowers [Hampton County].
    • Texas
      • Milam County
      • This Bowers is located in Milam County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bowers that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Bowers.
      • Polk County
      • Although located in Polk County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Bowers.
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bowers [Chesapeake City].
      • Southampton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bowers [Southampton County].
      • Stafford County
      • This Bowers is located in Stafford County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the east of the Bowers that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Bowers.
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth County
      • This Bowers is located in Walworth County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bowers that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Bowers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowers ...

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.

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

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

  • Crawfordsville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bowers to Crawfordsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bowers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bowers 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bowers 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 Bowers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1571, Longitude: -86.7248       In this case, the coordinates for Bowers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.843 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.41 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.621 degrees.