Massachusetts Gazetteer
Bow Brook is a physical feature (stream) in Franklin County. The primary coordinates for Bow Brook places it within the MA 01355 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Bow Brook |
| Category: | Massachusetts physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads in South Spectacle Pond at 423055N0721617W, flows Circuitously to North Spectacle Pond 0.9 mi SW of South Athol; Town of Athol. |
| History: | So named as it forms the 'bow' between the 'lenses' of the Spectacle Ponds. (MGB 1932) |
| County: | Franklin County |
| Latitude: | 42.5195327 |
| Longitude: | -72.2717502 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bow Brook: Bow Brook.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Bow Brook does not include property ownership information.
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Petersham, MA
(4.9 miles ESE) Orange, MA (5.3 miles NNW) Athol, MA (5.8 miles NNE) Barre, MA (10.9 miles SE) Baldwinville, MA (11.7 miles ENE) |
Millers Falls, MA
(12.1 miles WNW) Gardner, MA (14.5 miles ENE) Northfield, MA (15.3 miles NW) Turners Falls, MA (15.7 miles WNW) Amherst Town city, MA (16.1 miles SW) |
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South Athol, MA
(< 0.1 mile) Eaglesville, MA (1.9 miles N) Burrage Corner, MA (2.4 miles E) North New Salem, MA (3.1 miles NW) New Salem, MA (3.4 miles WSW) |
Morse Village, MA
(3.6 miles WNW) Partridgeville, MA (3.9 miles N) The Street, MA (4.7 miles NE) North Prescott, MA (5.6 miles SW) South Wendell, MA (6.1 miles W) |
