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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 Bowood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowood 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 Bowood:
- 39.816188, -79.849497
- 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 Bowood
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Bowood is near Greene County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Bowood
Communities Also Named Bowood ...
We found one communities that are also named Bowood.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Bowood is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Bowood in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Bowood lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bowood that is located in Fayette County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowood ...
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.
- Cats Run Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cats Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Run Junction
- Cornish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cornish is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Crystal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Edenborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edenborn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenborn
- Friendship Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
- Glassworks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glassworks is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassworks
- Grays Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grays Landing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Highhouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highhouse is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
- Hoover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lewis Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
- Locust Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Masontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Frame
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Frame is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frame
- Outcrop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Outcrop is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outcrop
- Puritan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Puritan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Ruble Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruble Mill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble Mill
- Smiley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smiley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Woodside
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- York Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- York Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Run
- York Run Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- York Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Run Junction
How Far From Bowood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bowood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bowood and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bowood to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,566 miles [7,348.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bowood) 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 Bowood 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 Bowood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8162, Longitude: -79.8495 In this case, the coordinates for Bowood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.527 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.441 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.585 degrees. |
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