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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 Malott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Malott 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 Malott:
- 48.284821, -119.705493
- 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 Malott
- 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 Okanogan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okanogan County
- Since Malott is near Douglas County and also Chelan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chelan 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 Malott
Communities Also Named Malott ...
We found two communities that are also named Malott.
Within Washington, the name Malott is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Contra Costa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Malott [Contra Costa County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Malott [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Malott ...
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.
- Cherokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Dyer ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dyer is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Keystone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Loop Loop ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Loop Loop is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop Loop
- Paradise Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Hill is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Rocky Butte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rocky Butte is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Butte
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Virginia City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Virginia City is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
How Far From Malott to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Malott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Malott and extending to:
- Okanogan, which is the Seat of Okanogan County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Malott to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,198 miles [3,537.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,451 miles [11,991.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Malott 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Malott) 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 Malott 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 Malott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2848, Longitude: -119.7055 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.737 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.993 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.979 degrees. |
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