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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 Malty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Malty 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 Malty:
- 37.366718, -94.211056
- 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 Malty
- 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 Barton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Since Malty is near Jasper County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Malty
Curious and Interesting Names Near Malty ...
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.
- Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boston is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Carthage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forest Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Golden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grays Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Grays Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Valley is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Valley
- Irwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Knights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Knights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maxville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Neck City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Red Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Tuckers Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tuckers Corner is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
How Far From Malty 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 Malty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Malty and extending to:
- Lamar, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Malty to Lamar, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 937 miles [1,508 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Malty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Malty 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 Malty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3667, Longitude: -94.2111 In this case, the coordinates for Malty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.666 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.585 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.803 degrees. |
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