Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Larb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larb and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Larb
- 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 Larb:
- 48.214723, -107.299535
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Larb
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Larb is near Phillips County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Phillips 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Larb ...
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.
- Bone Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bone Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Crossing
- Bone Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Content
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Cree Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cree Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cree Crossing
- Cree Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jordan Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Crossing
- Jordan Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Malta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Malta is located in Phillips County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,843 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malta <2>
- Miles Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
- Miles Crossing is located in Valley County
- Paisley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Sleeping Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleeping Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeping Buffalo
- Sleeping Buffalo is located in Phillips County
How Far From Larb 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 Larb to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Larb once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Larb and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Larb to Glasgow, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Larb, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Larb) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Larb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2147, Longitude: -107.2995 In this case, the coordinates for Larb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Larb to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.806 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.555 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.111 degrees. |