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Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness. / 32.97444°N 116.01278°W / 32.97444; -116.01278. The Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness is located about 25 miles west of Brawley, California, and southeast of the Vallecito Mountains in the United States. The wilderness is located in the Fish Creek Mountains region in the northern part of the Carrizo ...
The Bohemian Grove is a restricted 2,700-acre (1,100-hectare) campground in Monte Rio, California. Founded in 1878, it belongs to a private gentlemen's club known as the Bohemian Club. In mid-July each year, the Bohemian Grove hosts a more than two-week encampment of some of the most prominent men in the world. [1] [2]
Santa Barbara Polo Club. Founded in 1911, the Santa Barbara Polo Club in Santa Barbara, California is the premiere equestrian polo club in the Western United States. The club, located between the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, consists of three full size outdoor polo fields, one arena, extensive horse boarding and ...
The Empire Polo Club is a 1000-acre (32 ha) [1] polo club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, approximately 22 miles southeast of Palm Springs. Founded in 1987, it has hosted international polo tournaments. It leases out its polo grounds for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Festival annually ...
Nacho Figueras. Ignacio " Nacho " Figueras Bermejo (Spanish: [iɣˈnasjo fiˈɣeɾas βeɾˈmexo], born March 4, 1977) is an Argentine polo player and model with a 6-goal handicap. [1] Dubbed the "David Beckham of polo", [2] Figueras is considered to be the most famous polo player in the world. He currently co-owns and plays for Black Watch ...
The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Imperial Valley of California, 40 miles (64 km) north of the Mexican border. Situated at the southern end of the Salton Sea, the refuge protects one of the most important nesting sites and stopovers along the Pacific Flyway. Despite its location in the Colorado Desert, a ...
Limekiln State Park is a California state park on the Big Sur coast. It contains four lime kilns from an 1887–1890 lime -calcining operation, plus a beach, redwood forest, and 100-foot (30 m) Limekiln Falls. [ 1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Lucia on Big Sur Coast Highway. The 711-acre (288 ha) park was established in 1994.
The original polo field was designed by Will Rogers (1879-1935) on his ranch before he even designed his house in the 1930s. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Early players were friends of Rogers, including David Niven (1910–1983), Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), Hal Roach (1892–1992), Walt Disney (1901–1966), Clark Gable (1901–1960), and Robert ...