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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 Bowling Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bowling Springs 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 Bowling Springs:
- 36.722358, -80.238664
- 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 Bowling Springs
- 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 Patrick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Patrick County
- Since Bowling Springs is near Floyd County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Bowling Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bowling Springs ...
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.
- Buffalo Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buffalo Ridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ridge
- Charity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Elamsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Five Forks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Gilbert Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilbert Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mill
- Haycock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Meadows of Dan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nettleridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Patrick Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Stones Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stones Store is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Store
- Woolwine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Bowling Springs 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 Bowling Springs 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<2> community of Bowling Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bowling Springs and extending to:
- Stuart, which is the Seat of Patrick County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bowling Springs to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bowling Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Springs 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 Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7224, Longitude: -80.2387 In this case, the coordinates for Bowling Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.858 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.356 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.802 degrees. |
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