Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Malta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Malta and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Malta
- 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 Malta:
- 42.971187, -73.792621
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Malta
- 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Since Malta is near Rensselaer County and also Schenectady County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- eBird sighting report for Schenectady 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Malta ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Malta.
Within New York, the name Malta is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Barton County
- Although located in Barton County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Malta.
- Montana
- Dawson 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 Montana community of Malta [Dawson County].
- Phillips County
- This Malta is located in Phillips County and lies 1,671 miles [2,689.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Malta that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Malta.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Malta ...
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.
- Covered Wagon Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covered Wagon Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Wagon Court
- Covered Wagon Court is located in Saratoga County
- Francis Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Francis Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Corners
- Francis Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Halls Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Halls Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Luther Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luther Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther Forest
- Luther Forest is located in Saratoga County
- Malta Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Gardens
- Malta Gardens is located in Saratoga County
- Malta Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Meadows
- Malta Meadows is located in Saratoga County
- Malta Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Ridge
- Malta Ridge is located in Saratoga County
- Maltaville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maltaville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltaville
- Maltaville is located in Saratoga County
- Marvin Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvin Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Woods
- Marvin Woods is located in Saratoga County
- Round Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Round Lake is located in Saratoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Lake <5>
- Skipper Hill Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skipper Hill Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipper Hill Farm
- Skipper Hill Farm is located in Saratoga County
- Snake Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snake Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Hill
- Snake Hill is located in Saratoga County
How Far From Malta 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 Malta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Malta and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Malta to Albany, with an average speed<6> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 328 miles [527.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,594 miles [9,002.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,184 miles [6,733.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Malta: www.malta-town.org/
The official website for Saratoga County: www.co.saratoga.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Malta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Malta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9712, Longitude: -73.7926 In this case, the coordinates for Malta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Malta, 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 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 Malta 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Malta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.548 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.441 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.519 degrees. |