Bowman Island

Bowman Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Bowman Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Bowman Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.78976, -75.64406. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bowman Island

• Fireman's Drinking Fountain · attraction · Lehigh · ~6 km · Must-see
• Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument · fort · Lehigh · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Allen · fort · Carbon · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bake Oven Knob · viewpoint · Lehigh · ~11 km · Must-see
• Beltzville State Park · sanctuary · Carbon · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~13 km · Must-see
• Old Jail Museum · museum · Carbon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Pisgah Vista · viewpoint · Carbon · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mauch Chunk Dam · lake · Carbon · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Valley Zoo · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~18 km · Must-see
• Trexler Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~19 km · Must-see
• Whitehall Parkway · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~21 km · Must-see
• Broad Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~24 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain · viewpoint · Monroe · ~25 km · Must-see
• Broad Run Reservoir · lake · Carbon · ~26 km · Must-see
• Leaser Lake Dam · lake · Lehigh · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Gorge State Park · sanctuary · Carbon · ~29 km · Must-see
• The Cathedral Church of Saint Catherine of Siena · church · Lehigh · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bowman Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Bowman Island

• Adams Island · river spot · Lehigh · ~32 km
• Adams Island · river spot · Warren · ~32 km
• Eves Island · river spot · Lehigh · ~32 km
• Kline Island · river spot · Lehigh · ~33 km
• Maple Island · river spot · Luzerne · ~36 km
• Getter's Island · river spot · Warren · ~48 km
• Lynn Island · river spot · Bucks · ~59 km
• Arrow Island · river spot · Northampton · ~60 km
• Macks Island · river spot · Warren · ~60 km
• Shawnee Island · river spot · Monroe · ~63 km

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