Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
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Worth seeing in and around Bowling Green
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University known as The Hill, is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a few decades earlier.
1.4 km · university in Kentucky, United States · Wikipedia - 02Beech Bend Park
Beech Bend is an amusement park, campground and automobile race track located in Warren County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky, just outside the limits of the city of Bowling Green.
5.7 km · amusement park outside Bowling Green, Kentucky · Wikipedia - 03Lost River Cave
Lost River Cave is a seven-mile cave system located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Lost River originates outside of the cave and flows into it.
4.9 km · cave system in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States · Wikipedia - 04E. A. Diddle Arena
E. A. Diddle Arena is a 7,326-seat multi-purpose arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. The arena, built in 1963, is home to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers men's basketball team and Lady Toppers basketball and volleyball teams.
1.3 km · building in Kentucky, United States · Wikipedia - 05Confederate Monument of Bowling Green
The Confederate Monument of Bowling Green, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is among the sixty-one monuments of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission, all of which became part of the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997. It is within Bowling Green's Fairview Cemetery, on the east side of the old/northern side of the cemetery.
2.1 km · sculpture in Kentucky, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06William F. Perry Monument
The William F. Perry Monument is a historical gravestone located at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is an oversized limestone headstone.
2 km · sculpture in Kentucky, United States of America · Wikipedia - 07Bowling Green Ballpark
Bowling Green Ballpark is a baseball park in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is the home of the Bowling Green Hot Rods, a Minor League Baseball of the South Atlantic League.
800 m · baseball stadium in Bowling Green, KY, US · Wikipedia - 08Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium at Jimmy Feix Field is a 22,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Bowling Green, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is home to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers football team.
1.5 km · stadium at Western Kentucky University · Wikipedia - 09Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public community college in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is an open-admissions college and a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
3 km · community college in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bowling Green
- Airports
- Nashville (BNA), 99 km · Louisville Muhammad Ali (SDF), 145 km · McGhee Tyson (TYS), 255 km
- Stations
- Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, 3.6 km
- Nashville → Bowling Green97 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · $8–11
- Louisville → Bowling Green153 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · $15–20
- Knoxville/Maryville → Bowling Green255 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · $27–37
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bowling Green
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bowling Green. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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