Having stumbled across the Wiki article on the Poles of Inaccessibility and having nothing better to do, I was following the coordinates of each one on Google Maps to see where they were.
In North America the PoI in in southern South Dakota. It appears to be in a creekbed on some farmland. However, I noticed something odd. A mile or so southeast of the PoI is, well, this weird thing. It appears to be a tower, shaped like a skinny chess pawn and painted bright blue. It has a rounded top that, judging from the nearby building, must be at least 20 feet in diameter. It looks like it’s miles from the nearest town and not exactly on a high point of elevation, although it’s hard to tell.
That occurred to me, but it doesn’t look stable enough. I’d imagine a water tower built like that would be really top-heavy and unstable and, with the ever-present prairie winds, be prone to failure.
Pole of Inaccessibility is an interesting concept. Maybe it’s the best we can do in defining a region we could choose to call Nowhere, and then showing where the middle of it turns out to be.
True, but they are water towers nevertheless. We have them in virtually every suburb in the Chicago area. Because of their shape, many in this areas call them “Water Bubbles” or simply “Bubbles” for short.
From I-294 you can see the water bubble that belongs to the Village of Worth. It has a big yellow smiley on it with the message: “Worth, the Friendly Village”. LOL
Actually, now that I look at it, they have replaced the smiley with a corporate ad.
It’s a rural water tower and they aren’t just on the reservations. There are many water districts in South Dakota that have towers out in the middle of nowhere.
