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 Malibu:
36.846815, -76.095212
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.
We found four communities that are also named Malibu.
Within Virginia, the name Malibu is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Malibu lies 2,511 miles [4,041.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
California
Los Angeles County
This Malibu is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,390 miles [3,846.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Malibu.
Georgia
Fulton County
This Malibu is located in Fulton County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Malibu.
South Carolina
Florence County
This Malibu is located in Florence County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Malibu.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Malibu ...
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.
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 Malibu to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Malibu and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Malibu to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Malibu) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Malibu 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 Malibu. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8468, Longitude: -76.0952 In this case, the coordinates for Malibu have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.466 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.642 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.111 degrees.