Nearest Communities to Buena Vista,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Buena Vista, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Buena Vista:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Buena Vista.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Buena Vista is located in San Diego County.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 187 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buena Vista. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than San Diego County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Buena Vista (which is San Diego County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Buena Vista
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Diego County (where Buena Vista resides)
- Given the large number of communities that are located in San Diego County, we have limited the list to those within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Buena Vista (about 100 communities).
- County Website: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/
- County Seat for San Diego: San Diego
- Note: The Pacific Ocean lies to the west and the nation of Mexico lies to the south
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buena Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buena Vista.
- Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Buena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buena is located in San Diego County
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- Ocean Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Hills is located in San Diego County
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- Guajome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guajome is located in San Diego County
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- Twin Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
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- Lawrence Welk Resort Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake San Marcos
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake San Marcos is located in San Diego County
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- Los Vallecitos De San Marcos
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in San Diego County
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- San Marcos
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Agua Hedionda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Agua Hedionda is located in San Diego County
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- Oceana
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oceana is located in San Diego County
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- Talich
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Talich is located in San Diego County
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- Bonsall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- San Luis Rey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hidden Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
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- Jesmond Dene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jesmond Dene is located in San Diego County
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- La Costa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- La Costa is located in San Diego County
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- Farr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farr is located in San Diego County
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- Carlsbad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Oceanside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Oceanside is located in San Diego County
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- San Luis Rey Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- San Luis Rey Heights is located in San Diego County
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- Ysidora ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ysidora is located in San Diego County
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- Harmony Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in San Diego County
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- Escondido Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Escondido Junction is located in San Diego County
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- Oceanside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Monserate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Monserate is located in San Diego County
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- Winterwarm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winterwarm is located in San Diego County
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- Los Encenitos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Los Encenitos is located in San Diego County
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- Elfin Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elfin Forest is located in San Diego County
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- Escondido
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leucadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fallbrook Junction is located in San Diego County
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- Yaldora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yaldora is located in San Diego County
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- Pala Mesa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pala Mesa is located in San Diego County
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- Lilac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lilac is located in San Diego County
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- Chappo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chappo is located in San Diego County
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- De Luz Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Luz Station is located in San Diego County
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- Jofegan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jofegan is located in San Diego County
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- Olivenhain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Olivenhain is located in San Diego County
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- Del Dios
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Del Dios is located in San Diego County
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- Valley Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- DeLuz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- DeLuz is located in San Diego County
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- Encinitas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rincon Del Diablo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rincon Del Diablo is located in San Diego County
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- Stuart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stuart is located in San Diego County
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- Fallbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cardiff-by-the-Sea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rancho Santa Fe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- San Dieguito ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- San Dieguito is located in San Diego County
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- Santa Margarita Y Las Flores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- San Bernardo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- San Bernardo is located in San Diego County
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- Ridgecrest Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgecrest Estates is located in San Diego County
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- Pala
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Las Flores ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Las Flores is located in San Diego County
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- Eden Gardens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eden Gardens is located in San Diego County
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- Fairbanks Ranch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks Ranch is located in San Diego County
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- Solana Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rancho Bernardo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rainbow is located in San Diego County
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- Pauma Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rincon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rincon is located in San Diego County
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- De Luz Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- De Luz Heights is located in San Diego County
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- Don ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Don is located in San Diego County
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- Del Mar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- De Luz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- De Luz is located in San Diego County
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- Pauma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pauma is located in San Diego County
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- Del Mar Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Del Mar Heights is located in San Diego County
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- Rancho Penasquitos
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rancho Penasquitos is located in San Diego County
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- San Pasqual
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- San Pasqual is located in San Diego County
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- Agra
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Agra is located in San Diego County
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- Los Penasquitos
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Los Penasquitos is located in San Diego County
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- Sabre Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sabre Springs is located in San Diego County
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- Guejito
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Guejito is located in San Diego County
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- Mira Mesa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Poway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cuca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cuca is located in San Diego County
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- Sorrento
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sorrento is located in San Diego County
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- Poway Grove Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poway Grove Park is located in San Diego County
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- Poway Grove ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poway Grove is located in San Diego County
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- Rock Haven ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Haven is located in San Diego County
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- La Jolla Amago
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- La Jolla Amago is located in San Diego County
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- Miramar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Miramar is located in San Diego County
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- Scripps Ranch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scripps Ranch is located in San Diego County
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- Valle De Pamo or Santa Maria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Palomar Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Linda Vista ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Linda Vista is located in San Diego County
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- Rosemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemont is located in San Diego County
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- La Jolla Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- La Jolla Shores is located in San Diego County
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- Selwyn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Selwyn is located in San Diego County
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- University City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- University City is located in San Diego County
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- Irvings Crest
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Irvings Crest is located in San Diego County
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- Ramona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Dell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Dell is located in San Diego County
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- San Onofre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Easter Cross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Easter Cross is located in San Diego County
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- Fernbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fernbrook is located in San Diego County
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- Elvira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- La Jolla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Clairemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Clairemont is located in San Diego County
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- Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
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- La Jolla Hermosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- La Jolla Hermosa is located in San Diego County
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- Ladrillo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ladrillo is located in San Diego County
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- The Muirlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- The Muirlands is located in San Diego County
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- Tierrasanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tierrasanta is located in San Diego County
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- Canada De San Vicente Y Mesa Del Padre Barona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in San Diego County
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- Mussey Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mussey Grove is located in San Diego County
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- Orange County
- County Website: https://ocgov.com/
- County Seat for Orange: Santa Ana
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buena Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buena Vista.
- San Clemente
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boca De La Playa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boca De La Playa is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca De La Playa
- Mission Viejo or La Paz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside County
- County Website: https://rivco.org/
- County Seat for Riverside: Riverside
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buena Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buena Vista.
- Oak Haven Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Haven Estates is located in Riverside County
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- Colina Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Colina Vista is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colina Vista
- Little Temecula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Little Temecula is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Temecula
- Rainbow Canyon Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Country Manor Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Country Manor Estates is located in Riverside County
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- Los Ranchitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Los Ranchitos is located in Riverside County
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- Santa Margarita Groves
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Temecula Ranchos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Temecula Ranchos is located in Riverside County
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- Lake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Village is located in Riverside County
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- Windsor Crest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Windsor Crest is located in Riverside County
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- Santa Rosa South
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Santa Rosa South is located in Riverside County
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- Santa Rosa ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Santa Rosa is located in Riverside County
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- Temecula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Highlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Highlands is located in Riverside County
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- Linda Rose
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Linda Rose is located in Riverside County
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- Sylvan Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sylvan Meadows is located in Riverside County
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- Santa Rosa West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Santa Rosa West is located in Riverside County
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- Butterfield Lake Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Cresta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Cresta is located in Riverside County
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- Murrieta Hot Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Murrieta Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
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- Murrieta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pauba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pauba is located in Riverside County
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- Radec
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Radec is located in Riverside County
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- Valle de los Caballos
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valle de los Caballos is located in Riverside County
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- Glenoaks Country
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenoaks Country is located in Riverside County
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- Aguanga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenoak Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenoak Hills is located in Riverside County
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- High Acres Haciendas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- High Acres Haciendas is located in Riverside County
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- Antelope Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Antelope Hills is located in Riverside County
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- Auld ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Auld is located in Riverside County
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- Dutch Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dutch Village is located in Riverside County
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- Wildomar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Park is located in Riverside County
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- Country Road Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Country Road Estates is located in Riverside County
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- Potrero de Los Cienega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sedco Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
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- Indian Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Oaks is located in Riverside County
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buena Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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