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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 Pollard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pollard 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 Pollard:
    • 37.806728, -84.510216
    • 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 Pollard
  • 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 Jessamine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
    • Since Pollard is near Madison County and also Garrard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garrard 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 Pollard

Communities Also Named Pollard ...

We found nine communities that are also named Pollard.

Within Kentucky, the name Pollard is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Escambia County
      • This Pollard is located in Escambia County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pollard that is located in Jessamine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Pollard.
    • Arkansas
      • Clay County
      • This Pollard is located in Clay County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pollard that is located in Jessamine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pollard.
    • Kansas
      • Rice County
      • This Pollard is located in Rice County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the west of the Pollard that is located in Jessamine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rice County community of Pollard.
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain 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 Oklahoma community of Pollard [McCurtain County].
    • Oregon
      • Josephine County
      • This Pollard is located in Josephine County and lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pollard that is located in Jessamine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Pollard.
    • Tennessee
      • Houston County
      • This Pollard is located in Houston County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pollard that is located in Jessamine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Pollard.
      • White County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pollard [White County].
    • Virginia
      • Amelia 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 Virginia community of Pollard [Amelia County].
    • Washington
      • Ferry County
      • This Pollard is located in Ferry County and lies 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pollard that is located in Jessamine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ferry County community of Pollard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pollard ...

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.

How Far From Pollard 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 Pollard to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pollard and extending to:

  • Nicholasville, which is the Seat of Jessamine County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Pollard to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pollard) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pollard 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>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 Pollard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Pollard 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 Pollard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8067, Longitude: -84.5102    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.428 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.454 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.277 degrees.