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:
46.020815, -114.178221
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.
We found eleven communities that share the name Darby.
Within Montana, the name Darby is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout 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 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
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 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
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].
Louisiana
Saint Martin Parish
This Darby is located in Saint Martin Parish and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Martin Parish community of Darby.
North Carolina
Wilkes County
This Darby is located in Wilkes County and lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<1> to the east of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
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 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
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 1,990 miles [3,202.6 km]<1> to the east of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Darby.
Quebec
This Darby lies 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Darby that is located in Ravalli County.
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.
Curdys Cove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curdys Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town 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:
Hamilton, which is the Seat of Ravalli County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Darby to Hamilton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,935 miles [3,114.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,495 miles [12,062 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Darby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Darby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0208, Longitude: -114.1782
<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 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 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.137 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.508 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.675 degrees.