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37.323747, -79.949761
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We found twenty communities that are also named Bowling Green.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Bowling Green.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Caroline County
This Bowling Green is located in Caroline County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Bowling Green.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Sacramento County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> 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 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the south.
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 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the west northwest.
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.<2> 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 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west.
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 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the north northeast.
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 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
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.<2> 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 .
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 .
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 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Bowling Green.
Ontario
This Bowling Green lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the north.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Bowling Green is located in Delaware County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Bowling Green.
South Carolina
York County
This Bowling Green is located in York County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
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 1,722 miles [2,771.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County 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.
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 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:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bowling Green to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bowling Green) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 . 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.
<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>
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 Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3237, Longitude: -79.9498 In this case, the coordinates for Bowling Green have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.676 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.236 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.488 degrees.