Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bowie Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowie Corner and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bowie Corner

• 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 Bowie Corner:
  • 36.132568, -90.004813
  • 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 Bowie Corner

• 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 Dunklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
  • Since Bowie Corner is near Pemiscot County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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 Bowie Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowie Corner ...

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.

• Channel
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Channel is located in Pemiscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel
• Cotton Plant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
• Deco
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Deco is located in Pemiscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deco
• Deer Land
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Deer Land is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Land
• Gilbert
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Gilbert is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
• Leachville Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Leachville Junction is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville Junction
• New Survey
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Survey is located in Pemiscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Survey
• Sunrise
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sunrise is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
• Temples Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Temples Corner is located in Pemiscot County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temples Corner
• Tinkerville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bowie Corner and extending to:

• Kennett, which is the Seat of Dunklin County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Bowie Corner to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 734 miles [1,181.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,156 miles [8,297.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'