Bowens Creek Recreation Area
Bowens Creek Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 323 m. Hog Mountain stands 1,087 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Philpott Lake Recreation Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 323 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.1 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Smart View Overlook · 13 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 16 mi
- Rock Castle Gorge · 16 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Stuarts Knob: 4.1 mi
- Hogpen Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 5.8 mi
- Poor Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Philpott Lake Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Langlad Camp Area: 1.0 mi
- Mize Point Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Turkey Island Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Deer Island Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 2.8 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 2.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 10.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 12.2 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 17.6 mi
- Caboose: 24.3 mi
- White Falls: 6.7 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 16.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 24.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 24.6 mi
- Calico Rock: 6.7 mi
- Cracker Point: 11.8 mi
- One Clear View: 17.4 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 24.6 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Brush: 15.6 mi
- Spring Well #25: 16.8 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 17.0 mi
- Stoneville Sign: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Bowens Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Mountain | W 273° | 1,087 m | 19.5 mi |
| Jones Mountain | W 276° | 1,081 m | 18.7 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 281° | 1,080 m | 16.2 mi |
| Slate Mountain | W 270° | 1,059 m | 19.9 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | W 276° | 1,049 m | 17.1 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | WNW 300° | 985 m | 12.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | WNW 288° | 983 m | 17.1 mi |
| Tinsley Knob | W 273° | 981 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Philpott DAM 2, 2 mi away.
- Seal Salamander7 obs
- galax5 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
- Eastern Newt3 obs
- White-tailed Deer3 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3 obs
- Groundhog3 obs
- common milkweed3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356585288
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