Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bowetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowetown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bowetown
- 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 Bowetown:
- 40.297270, -83.003315
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bowetown
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Bowetown is near Knox County and also Morrow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- eBird sighting report for Morrow 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowetown ...
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.
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Delaware
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,607 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delaware <2>
- Delaware Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Meadows
- Delaware Meadows is located in Delaware County
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Jones ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Leonardsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Lewis Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Center
- Lewis Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis Center <2>
- Pluggys Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pluggys Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluggys Town
- Pluggys Town is located in Delaware County
- Sandy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Sandy Hill is located in Delaware County
How Far From Bowetown 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 Bowetown 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<4> community of Bowetown once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Bowetown and extending to:
- Delaware, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<5> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Bowetown to Columbus, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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 Bowetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bowetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bowetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2973, Longitude: -83.0033 |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Bowetown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.466 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.718 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.844 degrees. |