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Bowmore North Carolina Map

Explore Bowmore, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Bowmore, North Carolina

How to Use This Bowmore, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bowmore, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bowmore.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Bowmore
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Hoke County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.942108
Longitude	-79.303092
Population	76
Density	8.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28376
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Raeford
School District	Hoke County Schools

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About Bowmore, North Carolina

Bowmore is a locality in Hoke County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 8.9 people per km². Bowmore is located at 34.9421°N, 79.3031°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28376.

Bowmore remains defined by the dark, slow-moving currents of the Big Middle Swamp that track through the landscape like a vein of ink across a parched page. It lies 14.7 miles northeast of Laurinburg, NC (from Laurinburg, NC: bearing 38°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west-southwest of Raeford. The earth here consists of heavy, moisture-rich loam that sustains a dense canopy of pine and hardwood, creating a horizon where the sky often appears compressed by the weight of the timber. Three miles to the east, the stillness of Wrights Pond offers a rare, reflective break in the tangled thickets, its surface frequently mirroring the heavy, humid clouds that gather before a summer storm. To the far west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Railroad Ridge haunts the skyline, a reminder of a geological distance that keeps the lowlands of Bowmore firmly rooted in their own quiet, inland rhythm.

Agriculture has historically dictated the pulse of Bowmore, with the soil yielding crops that once filled the warehouses of local merchants and sustained the families who carved their lives out of the surrounding woodland. Beyond the fields, the proximity of Lumber River State Park provides a sanctuary of protected bottomlands, where the transition of seasons is marked by the deepening amber of leaves rather than the changing of tides. The economy continues to shift, moving away from the labor-intensive patterns of the past, yet the character of the place retains a deliberate, measured pace that favors tradition over the frantic pace of modern centers. Life in Bowmore moves with the gravity of the swamp, grounded in a regional heritage that values the weight of a handshake and the quiet endurance of those who have worked this specific patch of land for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lumber River State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 249° W
Lumber State Natural and Scenic River (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 268° W
Sandhills Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 220° SW
Sandhills Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 357° N
Sandhills Theme Megasite (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 357° N
Lumber River/Drowning Creek Flatwoods and Swamp Registered Heritage Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 298° NW
Hoke County - Burlington Park (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 053° NE
Hoke County - Hoke County Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 098° E
Red Springs Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 141° SE
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve-Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 345° N
Union Station Railroad Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 332° NW
Parkton Animal Oasis (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.1 mi, 094° E
Creation Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 343° N
The Highlander (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 216° SW
Howitzer (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 084° E
Carolina Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 19.9 mi, 332° NW
Falls Overlook Structure (Viewpoint) — 20.2 mi, 344° N
WWII Memorial (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 343° N
ARTworks Vass (Gallery) — 21.7 mi, 003° N
Duty Honor Country (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 260° W
Edgar Allen Poe's House (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 071° E
Cape Fear River Trail (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 067° NE
Clark Park Falls (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 068° E
Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 062° NE
ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 060° NE
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 34.6 mi, 307° NW · 52k acres
Cheraw Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 37.0 mi, 243° SW
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.0 mi, 286° W · 17k acres
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.6 mi, 243° SW · 92k acres

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