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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 Bowens Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowens Mill 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 Bowens Mill:
- 42.656700, -85.516683
- 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 Bowens Mill
- 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 Barry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Since Bowens Mill is near Allegan County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Bowens Mill
Communities Also Named Bowens Mill ...
We found two communities that are also named Bowens Mill.
Within Michigan, the name Bowens Mill is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Ben Hill County
- This Bowens Mill is located in Ben Hill County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the south of the Bowens Mill that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ben Hill County community of Bowens Mill.
- Wilcox 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 Bowens Mill [Wilcox County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowens Mill ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Corning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corning is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Green Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake is located in Allegan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Holy Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holy Corners is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Corners
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orangeville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Podunk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Podunk is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
- Prairieville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Schultz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schultz is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Stony Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Welcome Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Welcome Corner is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Corner
How Far From Bowens Mill 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 Bowens Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bowens Mill and extending to:
- Hastings, which is the Seat of Barry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bowens Mill to Hastings, 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.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,067 miles [9,763.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 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- Bowens Mill) 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 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 Bowens Mill 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 Bowens Mill 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 Bowens Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6567, Longitude: -85.5167 In this case, the coordinates for Bowens Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.024 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.837 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.279 degrees. |
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