RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wisconsin >> Richland County >> Hub City >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

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.

  • 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 Hub City:
    • 43.471090, -90.356239
    • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Hub City is near Vernon County and also Sauk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sauk 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 Wisconsin, the name Hub City is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, 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].
    • South Dakota
      • Clay County
      • This Hub City is located in Clay County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the west of the Hub City that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay 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.

  • Bear Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Valley is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Bloom City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bloom City is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
  • Bosstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bosstown is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosstown
  • Dilly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dilly is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilly
  • Greenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Henrietta ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrietta is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Hill Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hill Point is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Point
  • Ithaca
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ithaca is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Lime Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Neptune
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Neptune is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Rockbridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rockbridge is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
  • Twin Bluffs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs

How Far From Hub City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:

  • Richland Center, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hub City to Richland Center, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 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' (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- Hub City) 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 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: 43.4711, Longitude: -90.3562       In this case, the coordinates for Hub City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.268 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.643 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.497 degrees.