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Nearest Communities to China Lake,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to China Lake, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for China Lake:

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 starting from China Lake.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

China Lake is located in Kern County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of China Lake. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Kern 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 China Lake (which is Kern 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 China Lake

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Kern County   (where China Lake resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.kern.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Kern:   Bakersfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to China Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from China Lake.
      • Ridgecrest
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • China Lake Acres
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Lake Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
        • China Lake Acres is located in Kern County
      • Terese ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terese have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terese
        • Terese is located in Kern County
      • Inyokern
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Leliter ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leliter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliter
        • Leliter is located in Kern County
      • Searles
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles
        • Searles is located in Kern County
      • Indian Wells
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
        • Indian Wells is located in Kern County
      • Bradys
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradys have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys
        • Bradys is located in Kern County
      • Brown ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
        • Brown is located in Kern County
      • Teagle ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teagle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teagle
        • Teagle is located in Kern County
      • Freeman ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Rand
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rand have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
        • Rand is located in Kern County
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        • Goler Heights
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goler Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goler Heights
          • Goler Heights is located in Kern County
        • Armistead
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Garlock
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garlock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlock
          • Garlock is located in Kern County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Garlock
          • From China Lake to Garlock
        • Johannesburg
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Randsburg
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Harts Place
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harts Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Place
          • Harts Place is located in Kern County
        • Little Dixie ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Dixie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
          • Little Dixie is located in Kern County
        • Old Garlock
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Garlock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Garlock
          • Old Garlock is located in Kern County
        • Saltdale ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saltdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltdale
          • Saltdale is located in Kern County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Saltdale
          • From China Lake to Saltdale
        • Ceneda
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceneda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceneda
          • Ceneda is located in Kern County
        • Canebrake ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canebrake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canebrake
          • Canebrake is located in Kern County
        • Gypsite
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gypsite have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsite
          • Gypsite is located in Kern County
        • Ricardo
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ricardo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
          • Ricardo is located in Kern County
        • Redrock ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redrock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redrock
          • Redrock is located in Kern County
        • Cantil
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Inyo County
  • San Bernardino County
    • County Website:   www.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to China Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from China Lake.
      • Skytop
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skytop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skytop
        • Skytop is located in San Bernardino County
      • Spangler ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spangler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
        • Spangler is located in San Bernardino County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Spangler
        • From China Lake to Spangler
      • Borosolvay
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borosolvay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borosolvay
        • Borosolvay is located in San Bernardino County
      • Pinnacle ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinnacle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
        • Pinnacle is located in San Bernardino County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Pinnacle
        • From China Lake to Pinnacle
      • South Trona
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Trona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trona
        • South Trona is located in San Bernardino County
      • Westend
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Argus
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Searles Valley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searles Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles Valley
        • Searles Valley is located in San Bernardino County
      • Trona
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pioneer Point
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Point
        • Pioneer Point is located in San Bernardino County
      • Red Mountain
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Atolia ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atolia
        • Atolia is located in San Bernardino County
      • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
        • Saint Elmo is located in San Bernardino County

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 from Point A (ie- China Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in China Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6516, Longitude: -117.6611    
<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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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