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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 Malton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Malton 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 Malton:
    • 39.795436, -122.179709
    • 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 Malton
  • 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 Glenn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn County
    • Since Malton is near Tehama County and also Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 Malton

Communities Also Named Malton ...

We found two communities that are also named Malton.

There is one other community in California that is also named Malton.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Malton in the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Colusa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Malton [Colusa County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • This Malton lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Malton that is located in Glenn County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Malton ...

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.

  • Barber
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Barber is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Bluegum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bluegum is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegum
  • Chapmantown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Chapmantown is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmantown
  • Chrome
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Chrome is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
  • Corning
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ensign ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ensign is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
  • Glenn
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Merrills Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Merrills Landing is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrills Landing
  • Willows
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

How Far From Malton to ...

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 community such as Malton 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<4> community of Malton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Malton and extending to:

  • Willows, which is the Seat of Glenn County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Malton to Willows, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,385 miles [3,838.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 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 8,045 miles [12,947.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Malton 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Malton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Malton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Malton 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 Malton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7954, Longitude: -122.1797       In this case, the coordinates for Malton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.203 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.253 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.007 degrees.