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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hubbard Lake 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 Lake:
    • 44.759686, -83.546478
    • 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 Lake
  • 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 Alcona County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alcona County
    • Since Hubbard Lake is near Alpena County and also Iosco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alpena County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iosco 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 Lake

Communities Also Named Hubbard Lake ...

We found one communities that are also named Hubbard Lake.

There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Hubbard Lake.

Beyond Michigan.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Alpena County
      • This Hubbard Lake is located in Alpena County and lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hubbard Lake that is located in Alcona County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alpena County community of Hubbard Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hubbard Lake ...

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.

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

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

  • Harrisville, which is the Seat of Alcona County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hubbard Lake to Harrisville, 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 four to five hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 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 from Point A (ie- Hubbard Lake) 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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7597, Longitude: -83.5465    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.627 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.569 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.552 degrees.