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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 Hubbards Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hubbards Park 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 Hubbards Park:
- 42.394444, -79.172778
- 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 Hubbards Park
- 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 Chautauqua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Since Hubbards Park is near Cattaraugus County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Hubbards Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hubbards Park ...
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.
- Balltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Cherry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corners
- Cottage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Forestville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hamlet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Moons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moons is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Reed Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Skunks Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Skunks Corner is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunks Corner
How Far From Hubbards Park 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 Hubbards Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hubbards Park and extending to:
- Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hubbards Park to Mayville, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hubbards Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hubbards Park 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 Hubbards Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3944, Longitude: -79.1728 In this case, the coordinates for Hubbards Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.951 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.184 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.298 degrees. |
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