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:
- 33.877100, -80.583975
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since Malta is near Richland County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Richland County
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 South Carolina, the name Malta is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, 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 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Malta that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Malta.
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- 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.
- Catchall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Cherryvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
- Dixie Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixie Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossing
- Dixie Crossing is located in Sumter County
- Foxville
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Hearthstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearthstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearthstone
- Hearthstone is located in Sumter County
- Kingville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Privateer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Rainbow Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
- Rainbow Falls is located in Sumter County
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- Sanders Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Corner
- Sanders Corner is located in Sumter County
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Sumter County
- Starks Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starks Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Ferry
- Starks Ferry is located in Sumter County
- Summer View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer View
- Summer View is located in Sumter County
- Twin Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Sumter County
- Winter Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
- Winter Park is located in Sumter County
- Sanders Corner
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:
- Sumter, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Malta to Sumter, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 398 miles [640.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Malta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sumter County: www.sumtercountysc.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 33.8771, Longitude: -80.5840 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 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 Malta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.066 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.179 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.798 degrees. |