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 Ruby:
64.739132, -155.487885
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.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cullman 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 Alabama community of Ruby [Cullman County].
Walker County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ruby [Walker County].
Arizona
Santa Cruz County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Ruby [Santa Cruz County].
Colorado
Gunnison County
This Ruby is located in Gunnison County and lies 2,623 miles [4,221.3 km]<3> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Ruby.
Mesa County
This Ruby is located in Mesa County and lies 2,552 miles [4,107 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Ruby.
Pitkin County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Ruby [Pitkin County].
Georgia
Irwin 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 Ruby [Irwin County].
Jones County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ruby [Jones County].
Idaho
Cassia County
This Ruby is located in Cassia County and lies 2,224 miles [3,579.2 km]<3> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cassia County community of Ruby.
Illinois
Winnebago County
This Ruby is located in Winnebago County and lies 2,947 miles [4,742.7 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Ruby.
Kansas
Harper 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 Kansas community of Ruby [Harper County].
Sedgwick County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ruby [Sedgwick County].
Kentucky
Bell 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 Kentucky community of Ruby [Bell County].
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Ruby is located in Rapides Parish and lies 3,504 miles [5,639.1 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Ruby.
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Ruby is located in Saint Clair County and lies 3,096 miles [4,982.5 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Ruby.
Mississippi
Copiah County
This Ruby is located in Copiah County and lies 3,517 miles [5,660.1 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Ruby.
Leflore County
This Ruby is located in Leflore County and lies 3,413 miles [5,492.7 km] to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leflore County community of Ruby.
Montana
Madison County
This Ruby is located in Madison County and lies 2,109 miles [3,394.1 km]<3> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Ruby.
Nebraska
Seward County
This Ruby is located in Seward County and lies 2,796 miles [4,499.7 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Ruby.
Nevada
Elko County
This Ruby is located in Elko County and lies 2,285 miles [3,677.4 km]<3> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Ruby.
New York
Ulster County
This Ruby is located in Ulster County and lies 3,402 miles [5,475 km]<3> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Ruby.
North Dakota
Nelson 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 North Dakota community of Ruby [Nelson County].
Ohio
Gallia County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ruby [Gallia County].
Ontario
This Ruby lies 3,109 miles [5,003.5 km]<3> to the east northeast.
Oregon
Multnomah County
This Ruby is located in Multnomah County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<3> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Ruby.
South Carolina
Chesterfield County
This Ruby is located in Chesterfield County and lies 3,646 miles [5,867.7 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Ruby.
Virginia
Stafford County
This Ruby is located in Stafford County and lies 3,504 miles [5,639.1 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Ruby.
Washington
Benton County
This Ruby is located in Benton County and lies 1,853 miles [2,982.1 km]<3> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Ruby.
Okanogan County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Okanogan County].
Pend Oreille County
This Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 1,786 miles [2,874.3 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Ruby.
Whatcom County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Whatcom County].
Wisconsin
Chippewa County
This Ruby is located in Chippewa County and lies 2,731 miles [4,395.1 km]<3> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Ruby.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruby ...
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.
In the vicinity of Ruby, Long is located 23 miles [37 km] to the South
How Far From Ruby 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 city such as Ruby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ruby and extending to:
Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Ruby to Juneau, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 47 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 32 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,495 miles [5,624.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 7 days, a buggy would take 137 days and walking would take 199 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,739 miles [9,236 km] and it lies to the north (N).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the north (N).<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 Ruby 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 . 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>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ruby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ruby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 64.7391, Longitude: -155.4879
<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 Ruby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 9.168 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 14.253 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 350.639 degrees.