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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 Hub City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hub City 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 Hub City:
- 42.953604, -96.904489
- 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 Hub City
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Hub City is near Union County and also Turner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner 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 Hub City
Communities Also Named Hub City ...
We found three communities that are also named Hub City.
Within South Dakota, the name Hub City is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hub City [Los Angeles County].
- Missouri
- Newton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hub City [Newton County].
- Wisconsin
- Richland County
- This Hub City is located in Richland County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the east of the Hub City that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Hub City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hub City ...
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.
- Bluff Center ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff Center is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Center
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clay Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clay Point is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point
- Emmet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emmet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Estimated population in 2014: 231 people
- Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Hill Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hill Side is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Side
- Marshalltown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marshalltown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Star Corner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Star Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Corner
How Far From Hub City 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 Hub City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hub City and extending to:
- Vermillion, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hub City to Vermillion, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,070 miles [1,722 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hub City 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. |
| <2> | 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- Hub City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hub City 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 Hub City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9536, Longitude: -96.9045 In this case, the coordinates for Hub City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.844 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.813 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.092 degrees. |
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