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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 Maloy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maloy 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 Maloy:
- 40.244428, -104.969978
- 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 Maloy
- 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 Weld County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Since Maloy is near Boulder County and also Larimer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer 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 Maloy
Communities Also Named Maloy ...
We found two communities that are also named Maloy.
Within Colorado, the name Maloy is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Ringgold County
- This Maloy is located in Ringgold County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the east of the Maloy that is located in Weld County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ringgold County community of Maloy.
- Maine
- Aroostook 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 Maine community of Maloy [Aroostook County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maloy ...
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.
- Berts Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berts Corner is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berts Corner
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Dent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dent is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
- Firestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardman is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Idaho Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Idaho Creek is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Creek
- Jessum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jessum is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessum
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mead
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wildcat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wildcat is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Maloy 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 Maloy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maloy and extending to:
- Greeley, which is the Seat of Weld County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maloy to Greeley, 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 five to six hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,483 miles [2,386.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 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 7,606 miles [12,240.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,539 miles [8,914.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maloy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Maloy 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Maloy 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 Maloy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2444, Longitude: -104.9700 In this case, the coordinates for Maloy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.561 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.132 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.903 degrees. |
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