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Bowknot Bend
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At Bowknot Bend, the Green River makes a nearly complete loop 7.5 miles long, doubling back to within just 1200 feet of itself.
"About six miles below noon camp we go around a great bend to the right, five miles in length, and come back to a point within a quarter of a mile of where we started. Then we sweep around another great bend to the left, making a circuit of nine miles, and come back to a point within 600 feet of the beginning of the bend. In the two circuits we describe almost the figure 8. The men call it a `bowknot' of a river; so we name it Bowknot Bend."
John Wesley Powell, explorer (1869)
"About six miles below noon camp we go around a great bend to the right, five miles in length, and come back to a point within a quarter of a mile of where we started. Then we sweep around another great bend to the left, making a circuit of nine miles, and come back to a point within 600 feet of the beginning of the bend. In the two circuits we describe almost the figure 8. The men call it a `bowknot' of a river; so we name it Bowknot Bend."
John Wesley Powell, explorer (1869)
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Coordinates: 38°36'20"N 110°0'56"W
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