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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 Polen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Polen 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 Polen:
- 40.884990, -94.396070
- 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 Polen
- 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 Ringgold County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ringgold County
- Since Polen is near Union County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Polen
Communities Also Named Polen ...
We found one communities that are also named Polen.
Within Iowa, the name Polen is unique.
Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Polen in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This Polen is located in Greene County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the east of the Polen that is located in Ringgold County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Polen.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Polen ...
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.
- Bushville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bushville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Corning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Diagonal
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Marshall ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Merle Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merle Junction is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle Junction
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Stringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Tingley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Polen to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Polen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Polen and extending to:
- Mount Ayr, which is the Seat of Ringgold County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Polen to Mount Ayr, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 928 miles [1,493.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,116 miles [8,233.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Polen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Polen 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 Polen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8850, Longitude: -94.3961 In this case, the coordinates for Polen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.996 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.422 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.21 degrees. |
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