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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 Hull, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hull 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 Hull:
- 43.189836, -96.132569
- 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 Hull
- 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 Sioux County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sioux County
- Since Hull is near Lyon County and also O'Brien County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for O'Brien 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 Hull
Communities Also Named Hull ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Hull.
Within Iowa, the name Hull is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Hull is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Hull.
- Walker County
- This Hull is located in Walker County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Hull.
- Florida
- DeSoto County
- This Hull is located in DeSoto County and lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Hull.
- Georgia
- Clarke 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 Georgia community of Hull [Clarke County].
- Madison County
- This Hull is located in Madison County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hull.
- Illinois
- Pike County
- This Hull is located in Pike County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hull.
- Kansas
- Marshall 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 Kansas community of Hull [Marshall County].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- This Hull is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<1> to the east of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Hull.
- Michigan
- Benzie 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 Michigan community of Hull [Benzie County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Hull is located in Saint Louis County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Hull.
- Nebraska
- Banner 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 Nebraska community of Hull [Banner County].
- North Dakota
- Emmons County
- This Hull is located in Emmons County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Hull.
- Ohio
- Athens County
- This Hull is located in Athens County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Hull.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Hull.
- Pennsylvania
- Potter 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 Pennsylvania community of Hull [Potter County].
- Quebec
- This Hull lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- Tennessee
- Pickett 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 Tennessee community of Hull [Pickett County].
- Texas
- Liberty County
- This Hull is located in Liberty County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the south of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Hull.
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- This Hull is located in McDowell County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hull that is located in Sioux County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Hull.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hull ...
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.
- Archer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Edna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edna is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Elm Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Spring is located in Sioux County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Spring
- George
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Little Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Rapids
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Hull 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 Hull to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hull and extending to:
- Orange City, which is the Seat of Sioux County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hull to Orange City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 169 miles [272 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hull) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hull 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hull 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 Hull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1898, Longitude: -96.1326 In this case, the coordinates for Hull have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.219 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.626 degrees. |
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