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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 Bowmansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowmansville 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 Bowmansville:
- 40.196761, -76.017442
- 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 Bowmansville
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Bowmansville is near Berks County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Bowmansville
Communities Also Named Bowmansville ...
We found three communities that are also named Bowmansville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Bowmansville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- This Bowmansville is located in Johnson County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the west of the Bowmansville that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Bowmansville.
- Sullivan County
- Although located in Sullivan County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Bowmansville.
- New York
- Erie County
- This Bowmansville is located in Erie County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bowmansville that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Bowmansville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowmansville ...
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.
- Beartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beartown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Blue Ball
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Churchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fivepointville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fivepointville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivepointville
- Frysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frysville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frysville
- Goodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goodville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodville
- Joanna Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Joanna Furnace is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Furnace
- Maple Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Park is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Park
- Plowville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Red Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Union Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Weaverland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
How Far From Bowmansville 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 Bowmansville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bowmansville and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bowmansville to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the west (W). 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,384 miles [7,055.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bowmansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Bowmansville 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 Bowmansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1968, Longitude: -76.0174 In this case, the coordinates for Bowmansville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.189 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.846 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.759 degrees. |
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