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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 Darby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Darby 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 Darby:
- 30.384364, -91.920117
- 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 Darby
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Saint Martin Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Martin Parish
- Since Darby is near Saint Landry Parish and also Lafayette Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette Parish
- 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 Darby
Communities Also Named Darby ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Darby.
Within Louisiana, the name Darby is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Pasco County
- This Darby is located in Pasco County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Darby.
- Idaho
- Teton County
- This Darby is located in Teton County and lies 1,393 miles [2,241.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Darby.
- Iowa
- Appanoose 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 Iowa community of Darby [Appanoose County].
- Kentucky
- Harlan 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 Kentucky community of Darby [Harlan County].
- Warren 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 Kentucky community of Darby [Warren County].
- Montana
- Ravalli County
- This Darby is located in Ravalli County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of Darby.
- North Carolina
- Wilkes County
- This Darby is located in Wilkes County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Darby.
- North Dakota
- Ramsey County
- This Darby is located in Ramsey County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Darby.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Darby is located in Delaware County and lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Darby.
- Quebec
- This Darby lies 1,468 miles [2,362.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Darby that is located in Saint Martin Parish.
- West Virginia
- Boone 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 West Virginia community of Darby [Boone County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Darby ...
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.
- Bushville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bushville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Cecilia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Champagne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Champagne is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champagne
- Gecko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gecko is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gecko
- Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Leonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Robin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Robin is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Darby 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 Darby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Darby and extending to:
- Saint Martinville, which is the Seat of Saint Martin Parish, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Darby to Saint Martinville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,504 miles [8,857.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Darby) 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 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 Darby 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 parish. 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 Darby 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 Darby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3844, Longitude: -91.9201 In this case, the coordinates for Darby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.501 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.883 degrees. |
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