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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 Malone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Malone 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 Malone:
    • 33.198729, -85.584122
    • 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 Malone
  • 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Since Malone is near Chambers County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Malone

Communities Also Named Malone ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Malone.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Malone.

Beyond Alabama, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Colbert County
      • This Malone is located in Colbert County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Malone.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Jackson County
      • This Malone is located in Jackson County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the south of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Malone.
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • This Malone is located in Dougherty County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Malone.
    • Iowa
      • Clinton County
      • This Malone is located in Clinton County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Malone.
    • Kentucky
      • Morgan County
      • This Malone is located in Morgan County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Malone.
    • Mississippi
      • Marshall County
      • This Malone is located in Marshall County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Malone.
    • Montana
      • Teton County
      • This Malone is located in Teton County and lies 1,712 miles [2,755.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Malone.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant 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 New Mexico community of Malone [Grant County].
    • New York
      • Franklin County
      • This Malone is located in Franklin County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Malone.
    • Ontario
      • This Malone lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This Malone is located in Klamath County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Malone.
    • South Carolina
      • Sumter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Malone [Sumter County].
    • Tennessee
      • Giles County
      • This Malone is located in Giles County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Malone.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Malone [El Paso County].
      • Hill County
      • This Malone is located in Hill County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the west of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Malone.
    • Utah
      • Millard County
      • This Malone is located in Millard County and lies 1,571 miles [2,528.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Millard County community of Malone.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Malone is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,181 miles [3,510 km]<1> to the northwest of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Malone.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Malone is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the north of the Malone that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Malone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Malone ...

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.

  • Almond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Almond is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
  • Bishop Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bishop Ferry is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Ferry
  • Blake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blake is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
  • Cornhouse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cornhouse is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornhouse
  • Cragford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Denny Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Denny Ferry is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Ferry
  • Dingler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dingler is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingler
  • Emuckfaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
  • Friendship
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • High Pine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • High Pine is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pine
  • Mellow Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
  • Motley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Motley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
  • Red Level
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Level is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level

How Far From Malone 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 Malone to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Malone and extending to:

  • Wedowee, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Malone to Wedowee, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 618 miles [994.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Malone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Malone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Malone 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Malone 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 Malone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1987, Longitude: -85.5841       In this case, the coordinates for Malone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.931 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.382 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.883 degrees.