Downtown Malone

Malone, founded in 1802 in Northern New York by Richard Harrison, is named for Irish Shakespearean scholar Edmund Malone. Located just outside the Adirondack Park, its streets are lined with fine Victorian architecture.

Understand

Malone lies outside the "Blue Line" which legally defines Adirondack Park, in a location which geographically represents a transition from the mountainous Adirondack region to the relatively flat St. Lawrence Valley. If you head south from Malone, you'll arrive in ski country or parkland relatively quickly.

Malone's celebrated residents included William Wheeler, Vice President of the United States from 1877 to 1881 under President Rutherford B. Hayes; and Orville Gibson, the world-famous guitar and mandolin designer.

Read

Laura Ingalls Wilder is famous for writing of the Ingalls family and their life on the frontier, in the Little House on the Prairie books. But she also wrote about her husband's childhood growing up on a farm near Malone. 9-year-old Almanzo Wilder is the main character of her book Farmer Boy, and it provides a fairly accurate look at life in northern New York in the 1860s.

Get in

There is no intercity bus to Malone, although service exists in Massena and Plattsburgh (each approx. 40 miles distant).

By car

Malone is located on Highway 11, 1 hour west of Interstate 87. Coming from Lake Placid and the Adirondacks, follow Highway 30 north to 11.

Get around

• Taxi 2000, 214 East Main St, ☏ +1 518 481-5199. 
• Taxi R US, 53 Duane St., ☏ +1 518 481-5890. 

See

• House of History museum (Franklin County Historical and Museum Society), 51 Milwaukee St., ☏ +1 518 483-2750. Tu Th 1-4PM weather permitting. 
• Almanzo Wilder Homestead, 177 Stacy Road, ☏ +1 518 483-1207, toll-free: +1-866-438-3276. M-Sa 11AM-4PM, Su 1-4PM, last tour 3PM. The boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book Farmer Boy. Open from May 25, guided tour 60-90 minutes, store and museum on-site. $7.50/person. 

Do

• Malone Golf Club, 79 Golf Course Rd, ☏ +1 518 483-2926, toll-free: +1-877-483-3633, fax: +1 518 483-2420. 36-hole course designed by Donald Ross and Robert Trent Jones. $42-52 (18 holes), $24-29 (9 holes) + $10-18 for cart. 
• Malone Recreation Park. 87-acre recreation and entertainment park in the heart of the community. 
• Titus Mountain Ski Area, 215 Johnson Rd., ☏ +1 518 483-3740, toll-free: +1-800-848-8766, fax: +1 518 483-2031. 27 trails, 8 chair lifts, tube park and rentals. 

Events

• Franklin County Fair, 606 East Main St., ☏ +1 518 483-0720, fax: +1 518 481-6219. second week in August. Rides, midway, agricultural exhibits, livestock, harness racing and live entertainers. 

Buy

• Chez Madeleine, 44 Finney Blvd, ☏ +1 518 481-8219. Gifts and collectibles. 
• International Border Co., 40 Mill Street, ☏ +1 518 483-5331. Sporting goods, clothing, shoes. 
• Market Barn, 500 E Main St, ☏ +1 518 483-9341. 80 shops with antiques, arts and crafts, collectibles and a deli all under one roof. 

There is also a Walmart (3222 Route 11).

Eat

• Nancy's Village Diner, 364 W Main St, ☏ +1 518 483-8868. Home/country cooking. Daily lunch & dinner specials. Homemade breads, pie, and johnneycake. Limited veggie options. Cash only. 
• Donovan's Steak and Ale, 3853 Route 11, ☏ +1 518 521-3027. (updated Apr 2024)
• Blue Mountain Grill, 28 State Route 30, ☏ +1 518 352-1960. 
• Jug Store, 39-1/2 Rockland St, ☏ +1 518 483-0894. 
• Seven's Grill, 26 Pearl St, ☏ +1 518 483-9851. Malone, 

Drink

• Turning Point Bar, 341 Elm St, ☏ +1 518 483-5740. 
• Spotted Willy's Pub and Grill, 3853 Route 11, ☏ +1 518 483-7969. 

Sleep

• Super 8, 17 Rockland Street, ☏ +1 518 483-8058. 
• Econo Lodge, 227 W. Main St, ☏ +1 518 483-0500. 
• Sunset Motel, 3899 Route 11, ☏ +1 518 483-3367. 
• Four Seasons Motel, 236 Main St, ☏ +1 518 483-3490, toll-free: +1-877-299-3448. 
• Kilburn Manor, 59 Milwaukee Street, ☏ +1 518 483-4891, toll-free: +1-800-454-5287. Greek revival home on Salmon River, pool, library, wi-fi, event facilities. Smoke-free. $70-140, incl. full breakfast. 

Go next

• Cornwall-Massena
• Lake Placid and the Adirondacks
• Plattsburgh and the Quebec border

Routes through Malone

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ← Champlain ←	N  S	→ Potsdam → Watertown
Montreal ← Huntingdon ← becomes ← ←	N  S	→ Jct E → Tupper Lake → Jct W E
Watertown ← Massena ←	W  E	→ END