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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 Hubbard Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hubbard Woods and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Woods:
    • 42.115583, -87.742840
    • 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 Hubbard Woods
  • 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
    • Since Hubbard Woods is near Lake County and also DuPage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage 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 Hubbard Woods

Communities Also Named Hubbard Woods ...

We found one communities that are also named Hubbard Woods.

There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Hubbard Woods.

Beyond Illinois.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Marion County
      • This Hubbard Woods is located in Marion County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hubbard Woods that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hubbard Woods.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hubbard Woods ...

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.

  • Buttonwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Buttonwood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
  • Charring Cross
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Charring Cross is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charring Cross
  • Colonial Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Colonial Village is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Driftwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Driftwood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
  • Fair Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fair Meadows is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Meadows
  • Fair Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Glenview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Golf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gross Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gross Point is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Point
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lakeview is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lane Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lane Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Park
  • Lee Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lee Woods is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Woods
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Mallard Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mallard Creek is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Creek
    • Royal Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Royal Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Ridge
    • Solar Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Solar Grove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solar Grove
    • Sun Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sun Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Ridge
    • Sunset Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Court is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Court
    • Sycamore Lane
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore Lane is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Lane
    • Thorn Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Thorn Hill is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
    • Timber Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Timber Ridge is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Willow Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Willow Cove is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
    • Willow Wood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Willow Wood is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Hubbard Woods to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hubbard Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hubbard Woods and extending to:

  • Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hubbard Woods to Chicago, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 603 miles [970.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Woods 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 Hubbard Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1156, Longitude: -87.7428       In this case, the coordinates for Hubbard Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.507 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.447 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.552 degrees.