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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bowling Green:
    • 39.919278, -75.380470
    • 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 Bowling Green
  • 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

Communities Also Named Bowling Green ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Bowling Green.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Bowling Green is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • 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 California community of Bowling Green [Sacramento County].
    • Florida
      • Hardee County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Hardee County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardee County community of Bowling Green.
    • Georgia
      • Oglethorpe County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bowling Green [Oglethorpe County].
    • Illinois
      • Woodford County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bowling Green [Woodford County].
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Clay County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<2> to the west of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Bowling Green.
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • 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 Kansas community of Bowling Green [Franklin County].
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of Bowling Green [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Warren County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Warren County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Bowling Green.
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Allegany County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the west of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Bowling Green.
    • Mississippi
      • Holmes County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Holmes County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Bowling Green.
    • Missouri
      • Pike County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Pike County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<2> to the west of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Bowling Green.
    • New York
      • New York County
      • 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 New York community of Bowling Green [New York County].
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Bowling Green.
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Bowling Green.
      • Wood County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Wood County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Bowling Green.
    • Ontario
      • This Bowling Green lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • This Bowling Green is located in York County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Bowling Green.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,912 miles [3,077.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Bowling Green.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Bowling Green is located in Caroline County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Bowling Green.
      • Roanoke City
      • This Bowling Green is located in Roanoke City and lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the southwest of the Bowling Green that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Bowling Green.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowling Green ...

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.

  • Black Horse
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
    • Black Horse is located in Delaware County
  • Erin Rose
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erin Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Rose
    • Erin Rose is located in Delaware County
  • Garden City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Delaware County
  • Granite Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Run
    • Granite Run is located in Delaware County
  • Green Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Green Ridge is located in Delaware County
  • Media
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
    • Media is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,787 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Media <5>
  • Pilgrim Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Gardens
    • Pilgrim Gardens is located in Delaware County
  • Pine Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pine Ridge is located in Delaware County
  • Providence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence is located in Delaware County
  • Riddle Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddle Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Glen
    • Riddle Glen is located in Delaware County
  • Riddlewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlewood
    • Riddlewood is located in Delaware County
  • Rockdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Rockdale is located in Delaware County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rose Tree
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Tree
      • Rose Tree is located in Delaware County
    • Rose Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
      • Rose Valley is located in Delaware County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 952 people
    • Sackville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sackville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackville
      • Sackville is located in Delaware County
    • Sycamore Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Mills
      • Sycamore Mills is located in Delaware County

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

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

  • Media, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the West.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bowling Green to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 113 miles [181.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bowling Green. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Bowling Green 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>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 from Point A (ie- Bowling Green) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bowling Green. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9193, Longitude: -75.3805       In this case, the coordinates for Bowling Green have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Bowling Green, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bowling Green 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 306.834 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.401 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.601 degrees.









 

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