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 Hudson Heights:
40.807045, -74.003750
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 Hudson Heights
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 Hudson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Hudson Heights.
Within New Jersey, the name Hudson Heights is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Baltimore City
This Hudson Heights is located in Baltimore City and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hudson Heights that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Hudson Heights.
Wicomico County
This Hudson Heights is located in Wicomico County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the south southwest of the Hudson Heights that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Hudson Heights.
New York
Dutchess County
This Hudson Heights is located in Dutchess County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the north of the Hudson Heights that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Hudson Heights.
Quebec
This Hudson Heights lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the north of the Hudson Heights that is located in Hudson County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hudson Heights ...
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.
Esplanade Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Esplanade Gardens is located in New York County (NY)
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 Hudson Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hudson Heights and extending to:
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Hudson Heights to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,690 miles [9,157.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,273 miles [6,876.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hudson Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Hudson Heights 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 Hudson Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8070, Longitude: -74.0037 In this case, the coordinates for Hudson Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.932 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.521 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.621 degrees.