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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 Bowmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowmore 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 Bowmore:
- 34.942109, -79.303092
- 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 Bowmore
- 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 Hoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hoke County
- Since Bowmore is near Scotland County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scotland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Bowmore
Communities Also Named Bowmore ...
We found one communities that are also named Bowmore.
Within North Carolina, the name Bowmore is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Bowmore in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Bowmore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowmore ...
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.
- Arabia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arabia is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
- Crump Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Edinburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edinburgh is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Floral College
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Floral College is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral College
- Gold Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Hickory Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Red Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Grove is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Grove
- Silver City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Silver Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Hill is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
How Far From Bowmore 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 Bowmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bowmore and extending to:
- Raeford, which is the Seat of Hoke County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Bowmore to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 300 miles [482.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,741 miles [7,629.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bowmore 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bowmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bowmore 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 Bowmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9421, Longitude: -79.3031 In this case, the coordinates for Bowmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.342 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.503 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.997 degrees. |
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