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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Polo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Polo and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Polo:
- 36.479883, -93.550660
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Polo
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Polo is near Stone County and also Conway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conway County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Polo
Communities Also Named Polo ...
We found five communities that are also named Polo.
Within Arkansas, the name Polo is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Ogle County
- This Polo is located in Ogle County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Polo that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Polo.
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Polo [Cowley County].
- Missouri
- Caldwell County
- This Polo is located in Caldwell County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the north of the Polo that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Polo.
- Ohio
- Miami County
- This Polo is located in Miami County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Polo that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Polo.
- South Dakota
- Hand County
- This Polo is located in Hand County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Polo that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hand County community of Polo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Polo ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Arrow Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Carr Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carr Lane is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Lane
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Golden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- High
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- High is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Maple
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maple is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Summers Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summers Ford is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Ford
How Far From Polo to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Polo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Polo once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Polo and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Polo to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,287 miles [8,508.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Polo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Polo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Polo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Polo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4799, Longitude: -93.5507 In this case, the coordinates for Polo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.159 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.88 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.649 degrees. |
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