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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 Tudor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tudor 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 Tudor:
    • 40.748611, -73.971389
    • 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 Tudor
  • 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 New York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New York County
    • Since Tudor is near Queens County and also Hudson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queens County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hudson 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 Tudor

Communities Also Named Tudor ...

We found three communities that are also named Tudor.

Within New York, the name Tudor is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sutter County
      • This Tudor is located in Sutter County and lies 2,496 miles [4,016.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tudor that is located in New York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Tudor.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tudor [Bartholomew County].
    • Montana
      • Missoula County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Tudor [Missoula County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tudor ...

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.

  • Blissville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Blissville is located in Queens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissville
  • Chinatown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chinatown is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
  • Fort Greene
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fort Greene is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Greene
  • Gracie Square
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gracie Square is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie Square
  • Greenpoint
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenpoint is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
  • Hell's Kitchen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen
  • Knickerbocker Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker Village
  • Little Italy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Italy is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
  • Long Island City
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Peter Cooper Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village
  • Rhinelander Gardens ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rhinelander Gardens is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander Gardens
  • Rose Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rose Hill is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sunnyside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sunnyside Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sunnyside Gardens is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Gardens
    • Union City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
    • University Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • University Village is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Vinegar Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Vinegar Hill is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
    • Woodside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)

How Far From Tudor 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 Tudor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tudor and extending to:

  • New York, which is the Seat of New York County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Tudor to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,691 miles [9,158.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • 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).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tudor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tudor 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.
<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 Tudor 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 Tudor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7486, Longitude: -73.9714       In this case, the coordinates for Tudor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.919 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.497 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.633 degrees.