Bowden Park
Bowden Park is a park in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 839 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is All Saints Refugee Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Boise
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Tremendous Trees: 0.5 mi
- Dreamscape 1: Loving Boise to Pieces: 0.6 mi
- Trout Dreams: 0.7 mi
- Transmontane: 0.8 mi
- The Foundations of Prosperity: 0.9 mi
- Platt Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Terry Day Park: 0.8 mi
- Morris Hill Park: 0.9 mi
- Cassia Park: 0.9 mi
- “B” Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Table Rock: 3.8 mi
- Lucky Peak: 8.1 mi
- Aldape Peak: 8.6 mi
- Highland Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Eagleson Summit: 9.2 mi
- Sally Reed Lived Here: 0.6 mi
- Oregon Trail Obelisk: Developing Roads: 0.8 mi
- Oregon Trail Obelisk: Farming in Boise: 0.9 mi
- Oregon Trail Obelisk: Black Pioneers: 0.9 mi
- Steve Appleton Statue: 1.0 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 0.4 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum: 2.0 mi
- Borah Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Mary Grunewald McGown Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Boise Art Museum: 1.3 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 1.4 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Discovery Center of Idaho: 1.5 mi
- Idaho Military History Museum: 2.7 mi
- Foothills East Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Chief Eagle Eye Reserve: 2.7 mi
- North End Native Plant Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Mesa Reserve (Satz Family Plot): 3.2 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 3.3 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 1.4 mi
- A-10: 2.3 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 11.3 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 14.4 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Riverside Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 9.3 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 9.8 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 9.9 mi
- Baldwin: 3.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bowden Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | NNE 28° | 2,308 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mores Mountain | NNE 26° | 2,202 m | 15.1 mi |
| Doe Point | NNE 30° | 2,151 m | 12.7 mi |
| Deer Point | NNE 29° | 2,150 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bob's Knob | NE 34° | 2,024 m | 13.9 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | NE 42° | 2,011 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Deer Point | NNE 28° | 1,997 m | 11.7 mi |
| Boise Peak | NE 41° | 1,978 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 2 mi away.
- Canada Goose683 obs
- Mallard659 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel482 obs
- Wood Duck370 obs
- Great Blue Heron305 obs
- Western Honey Bee224 obs
- Song Sparrow199 obs
- showy milkweed168 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/663584304
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