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Malta Illinois Map

Explore Malta, Illinois, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Malta, Illinois

How to Use This Malta, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Malta, Illinois. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Illinois or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Malta.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Malta
State	Illinois (IL)
County	DeKalb County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.929751
Longitude	-88.860924
Population	1,143
Density	721.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60150
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Sycamore
School District	DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

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About Malta, Illinois

Malta is a locality in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,143. The population density is 721.1 people per km². Malta is located at 41.9298°N, 88.8609°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Malta is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60150.

Malta occupies a flat, expansive plateau of rich black soil where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 5.7 miles west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-southwest of Sycamore.

The horizon around Malta remains disciplined by the geometry of agriculture, broken only by the thin, vertical reaching of silos and the occasional cluster of oaks. Two miles to the south, the waters of Owens Creek trace a slow, deliberate path through the fields, their movement barely perceptible against the heavy stillness of the prairie grass. A few miles further, the manicured greens of the Golf Course offer a sharp contrast to the surrounding rows of corn and soybeans, while the more rugged, untamed timber of Chief Shabbona County Forest Preserve waits twelve miles out for those seeking the shade of older growth. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the clouds a deep violet that seems to press down onto the fields, cooling the air and signaling the quiet close of another day in the deep interior.

Settlement in Malta grew from the iron rails that once stitched these plains together, establishing a rhythm of commerce that favored the steady exchange of grain and heavy machinery. While the local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, the influence of regional education and industry filters in from the periphery, tethering the inhabitants to a broader Midwestern sensibility. Life in Malta moves with a measured, unadorned pace, defined by the seasonal turning of the landscape and the persistent, quiet labor of those who manage the land. Visitors might travel ten miles to reach the quiet waters of Lake Lida or look twenty-three miles toward the subtle rise of Johnsons Mound to find a change in elevation, but the character of the place is found in the flat, honest expanse between. It is a place where the history is written in the depth of the topsoil and the endurance of the wind, demanding little from the traveler other than an appreciation for the vast, unhurried space.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Golf Course (Park) — 1.7 mi, 089° E
Prairie Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 091° E
River Heights Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 100° E
HIV Awareness Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 088° E
February 14th, 2008 Shooting Memorial (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 086° E
North 40 (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 080° E
Jack Olson Gallery (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 086° E
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 085° E
Sports & Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 105° E
Marsh Observatory (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 035° NE
Kilbuck Creek (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 300° NW
Afton Forest Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 135° SE
Steward State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 217° SW
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 066° NE
Shabbona Lake State Park (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 182° S
Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 035° NE
Old Chicago Trail Marker (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 201° S
Denny's Corn Crib (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 360° N
Belvidere High School PAC (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 004° N
Tilt Studio (Theme Park) — 22.6 mi, 345° N
Garfield Farm Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 093° E
Earlville History Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 188° S
Classic Cinemas Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 23.7 mi, 145° SE
Youth Center (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 303° NW
Plato Park Depot Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 073° E
Byron Drag Strip (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 301° NW
Donley Auctions (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 040° NE
Castle Rock State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 278° W
Rock Cut State Park (State Park) — 29.0 mi, 349° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 49.7 mi, 139° SE · 18k acres

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