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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 Poole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poole 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 Poole:
    • 31.641224, -106.276647
    • 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 Poole
  • 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 El Paso County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for El Paso County
    • Since Poole is near Dona Ana County and also Hudspeth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dona Ana County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hudspeth 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 Poole

Communities Also Named Poole ...

We found ten communities that are also named Poole.

There are two communities within Texas that are also named Poole.

Beyond Texas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Galveston County
      • This Poole is located in Galveston County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the east of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Poole.
    • Rains County
      • This Poole is located in Rains County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the east of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rains County community of Poole.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • This Poole is located in Webster County and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Poole.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Poole is located in Bossier Parish and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<1> to the east of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Poole.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Poole is located in Harford County and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Poole.
    • Nebraska
      • Buffalo County
      • This Poole is located in Buffalo County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Poole.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • This Poole is located in Oklahoma County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Poole.
    • Ontario
      • This Poole lies 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Poole that is located in El Paso County.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick 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 Poole [Brunswick County].
      • Dinwiddie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Poole [Dinwiddie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poole ...

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.

  • Clint
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clint is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clint <3>
  • Ellen Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ellen Park is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Park
    • Ellen Park has also been known as:
    • Ellen Park Colonia
  • Horizon City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lewis is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Lewis has also been known as:
    • Lewis Colonia
  • Lordsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lordsville is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordsville
    • Lordsville has also been known as:
    • Lordsville Colonia
  • Quail Mesa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Mesa is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Mesa
    • Quail Mesa has also been known as:
    • Quail Mesa Colonia
  • Roseville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Roseville is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Roseville has also been known as:
    • Roseville Colonia
  • Sparks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sparks is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
  • Sunshine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunshine is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Sunshine has also been known as:
    • Sunshine Colonia
  • Wildhorse Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildhorse Valley is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildhorse Valley
    • Wildhorse Valley has also been known as:
    • Wildhorse Valley Colonia

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

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

  • El Paso, which is the Seat of El Paso County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poole to El Paso, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 514 miles [827.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,714 miles [2,758.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,379 miles [11,875.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,133 miles [13,088.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poole) 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 Poole 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>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 Poole 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 Poole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6412, Longitude: -106.2766       In this case, the coordinates for Poole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.437 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.066 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.206 degrees.