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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 Larb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larb 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since Larb is near Phillips County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Larb
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)
- Bone Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Crossing
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Box Elder is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Content
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Content is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
- Cree Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cree Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cree Crossing
- Jordan Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jordan Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Crossing
- Malta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Miles Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Miles Crossing is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
- Paisley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Paisley is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Sleeping Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sleeping Buffalo is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeping Buffalo
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<2> community of Larb once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Larb and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Larb to Glasgow, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Larb, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Larb 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.806 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.555 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.111 degrees. |
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