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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 Hub, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hub 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 Hub:
    • 34.609816, -87.983927
    • 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 Hub
  • 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
    • Since Hub is near Franklin County and also Tishomingo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo 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 Hub

Communities Also Named Hub ...

We found five communities that are also named Hub.

Within Alabama, the name Hub is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kings County
      • This Hub is located in Kings County and lies 1,785 miles [2,872.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hub that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kings County community of Hub.
    • Mississippi
      • Marion County
      • This Hub is located in Marion County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hub that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hub.
    • New York
      • Bronx 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 New York community of Hub [Bronx County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Hub lies 1,664 miles [2,677.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hub that is located in Colbert County.
    • Texas
      • Parmer County
      • This Hub is located in Parmer County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the west of the Hub that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parmer County community of Hub.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hub ...

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.

  • Bishop
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Bloody Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bloody Springs is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloody Springs
  • Good Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Good Springs is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
  • Little Zion ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Little Zion is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
  • Maud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Maud is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
  • Mingo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mingo is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
  • Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
  • Petertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Petertown is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petertown
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pleasant Site
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
  • Pogo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pogo is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogo
  • Red Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Rock is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Rock Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rock Creek is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Hub once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hub and extending to:

  • Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hub to Tuscumbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hub) 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 Hub 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 Hub, 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 Hub 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 Hub. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6098, Longitude: -87.9839       In this case, the coordinates for Hub have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.463 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.347 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.55 degrees.