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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 Tuxedo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuxedo 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 Tuxedo:
- 35.225395, -82.429564
- 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 Tuxedo
- 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Since Tuxedo is near Greenville County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Tuxedo
Communities Also Named Tuxedo ...
We found six communities that are also named Tuxedo.
Within North Carolina, the name Tuxedo is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Tuxedo [Fulton County].
- Manitoba
- This Tuxedo lies 1,253 miles [2,016.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Tuxedo that is located in Henderson County.
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Tuxedo is located in Prince George's County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tuxedo that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Tuxedo.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Although located in Saint Louis County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Tuxedo.
- New York
- Orange 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 New York community of Tuxedo [Orange County].
- Texas
- Jones County
- This Tuxedo is located in Jones County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<2> to the west of the Tuxedo that is located in Henderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Tuxedo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuxedo ...
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.
- Butt Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Butt Mountain is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butt Mountain
- Chestnut Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Springs is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Springs
- Crooked Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- English Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- English Hills is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Hills
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flat Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock Forest is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Forest
- Hillandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillandale is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Kingswood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kingswood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Mountain Page
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Page is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Page
- Mountain Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mountain Valley is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
- Ravenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ravenwood is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Tranquility
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tranquility is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
How Far From Tuxedo 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 Tuxedo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tuxedo and extending to:
- Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tuxedo to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 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 Tuxedo 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- Tuxedo) 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 Tuxedo 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 Tuxedo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2254, Longitude: -82.4296 In this case, the coordinates for Tuxedo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.145 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.13 degrees. |
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