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Bowden West Virginia Map

Explore Bowden, West Virginia, 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 Bowden, West Virginia

How to Use This Bowden, West Virginia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bowden, West Virginia. 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 West Virginia 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 Bowden.

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	Bowden
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Randolph County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.90872
Longitude	-79.709784
Density	26.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	26241, 26254
Area Code	304
County Seat	Elkins
School District	Randolph County School District

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About Bowden, West Virginia

Bowden is a locality in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The population density is 26.8 people per km². Bowden is located at 38.9087°N, 79.7098°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 26241, 26254.

Bowden emerges from the dense, verdant canopy of the Monongahela National Forest, where the landscape is defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Bickle Run. It lies 42.6 miles southeast of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 127°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Elkins. The earth here rises in sharp, forested inclines, creating a complex topography that keeps the horizon crowded with dark timber and limestone outcrops. Sunlight filters through the high canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the damp moss and the intricate root systems that anchor the slopes against the frequent mountain rains. While the Allegheny Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the western sky, the immediate environment is one of quiet enclosure, defined by the narrow, winding corridors of the woods and the cool, constant presence of the forest air.

Bowden carries the quiet gravity of a place shaped by the extraction of natural wealth and the slow, steady reclamation of the land by the wild. The local economy has long shifted away from the intensive labor of early timber camps, leaving behind a legacy of independence and a deep, intuitive knowledge of the forest trails, such as the nearby Little Black Fork Trail. Life moves at the cadence of the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the distant basin of Baker Hollow, where the land opens briefly before bowing back to the ridges. On quiet afternoons, the stillness is absolute, broken only by the movement of water over stone or the sudden, sharp call of a hawk circling above the quiet clearings.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 327° NW · 922k acres
Otter Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.0 mi, 017° N · 21k acres
Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 129° SE
Cheat Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 206° SW
Shavers Mountain National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 7.1 mi, 045° NE · 258 acres
Laurel Fork North Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.5 mi, 158° S · 6,048 acres
H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.6 mi, 280° W
Old Brick Playhouse (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 279° W
West Virginia Railroad Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 278° W
Wilson Monument (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 257° W
Randolph County Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 242° SW
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 116° SE · 100k acres
Table Rock (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 034° NE
Old Hart House (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 256° W
Canaan Valley Resort State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 058° NE
Big Run Bog National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 15.0 mi, 023° NE · 716 acres
Blackwater Falls State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 036° NE
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.5 mi, 058° NE · 34k acres
Historic Coke Ovens (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 034° NE
Seneca Caverns (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 120° SE
Cottrill's Opera House (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 034° NE
Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 200° S
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 22.2 mi, 172° S · 1.1M acres
The Battle of Philippi (Registered Battlefield) — 24.4 mi, 313° NW
Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 314° NW
Noah Haddon's Indian Fort (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 222° SW
Fort Marrow (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 222° SW
Camp Bartow Historic Site (Historic Castle / Fort) — 25.9 mi, 188° S
Maniac Mountain (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 293° NW
Helvetia Village Historic District (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 242° SW

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