The source of the Pola is located in the Valdai Hills, at the border between Andreapolsky and Penovsky Districts of Tver Oblast, southwest of the village of Pyatygino.

In Novoye Sokhnovo the Pola turns west and in the village of Kostkovo it accepts the Polomet River, also from the right.

The Pola provides the main drain from the northwestern slope of the Valdai Hills to the river basin of the Neva.

The source and the upper course of the Polomet, the major tributary of the Pola, is located in Valdaysky National Park.

The several lowest kilometers of the course of the Pola are listed in the State Water Register of Russia as navigable.