Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hubbard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hubbard and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hubbard
- 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 Hubbard:
- 42.306135, -93.301338
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hubbard
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Hubbard is near Marshall County and also Story County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- eBird sighting report for Story 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hubbard ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Hubbard.
Within Iowa, the name Hubbard is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- This Hubbard is located in Hinds County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hubbard that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Hubbard.
- Newton County
- This Hubbard is located in Newton County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the south southeast of the Hubbard that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Hubbard.
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Saskatchewan
- This Hubbard lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hubbard that is located in Hardin County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This Hubbard is located in Bowie County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the south of the Hubbard that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Hubbard.
- Hill County
- This Hubbard is located in Hill County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km] to the south southwest of the Hubbard that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Hubbard.
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Columbia 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 Wisconsin community of Hubbard [Columbia County].
- Sawyer 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 Wisconsin community of Hubbard [Sawyer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hubbard ...
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.
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Buckeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Eagle City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Eagle City is located in Hardin County
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Hardin County
- Hughs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Illinois Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Grove
- Illinois Grove is located in Marshall County
- Iowa Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Falls
- Iowa Falls is located in Hardin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Falls <5>
- Iowa Falls Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Falls Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Falls Junction
- Iowa Falls Junction is located in Hardin County
- Lawn Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Steamboat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rock
- Steamboat Rock is located in Hardin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steamboat Rock <5>
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Hubbard 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 city such as Hubbard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hubbard and extending to:
- Eldora, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hubbard to Eldora, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,361 miles [10,237 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hubbard: www.hubbardiowa.com/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hubbard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hubbard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3061, Longitude: -93.3013 In this case, the coordinates for Hubbard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hubbard 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 Hubbard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hubbard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.286 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.792 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.329 degrees. |