Nearest Communities to Furnace Creek,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Furnace Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Furnace Creek:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 south.
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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Furnace Creek.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Furnace Creek. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Inyo 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 Furnace Creek (which is Inyo 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 Furnace Creek
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Inyo County (where Furnace Creek resides)
- County Website: www.inyocounty.us/
- County Seat for Inyo: Independence
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Inyo County
- Nearest Communities to Furnace Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Furnace Creek.
- Indian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in Inyo County
- Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
- Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County
- Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
- Greenland
- Park Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Park Village is located in Inyo County
- Schwab ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Beatty Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Junction
- Beatty Junction is located in Inyo County
- Ryan ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Ryan is located in Inyo County
- Harrisburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Inyo County
- Skidoo ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidoo
- Skidoo is located in Inyo County
- Chloride City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chloride City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
- Chloride City is located in Inyo County
- Badwater ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Eagle Borax Works ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Borax Works
- Eagle Borax Works is located in Inyo County
- Stovepipe Wells
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
- Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Death Valley Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Charcoal Kilns
- Death Valley Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
- Scranton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Scranton is located in Inyo County
- Greenwater ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwater
- Greenwater is located in Inyo County
- Lila C ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Panamint City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panamint City
- Panamint City is located in Inyo County
- Death Valley Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Junction
- Death Valley Junction is located in Inyo County
- Former names for Death Valley Junction:
- Amargosa
- Death Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Death Valley Junction <4>
- Leadfield ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadfield
- Leadfield is located in Inyo County
- Death Valley Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
- Nye County
- County Website: www.co.nye.nv.us/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah (NV)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Family Search:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Nevada
- Nye County
- Nearest Communities to Furnace Creek ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Furnace Creek.
- Leeland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Ashton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Roses Well ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Well have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well
- Roses Well is located in Nye County (NV)
- Carrara ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrara
- Carrara is located in Nye County (NV)
- Gold Center ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Center
- Gold Center is located in Nye County (NV)
- Amargosa Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargosa Valley
- Amargosa Valley is located in Nye County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amargosa Valley <4>
- Bullfrog ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Original ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Rhyolite ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhyolite
- Rhyolite is located in Nye County (NV)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Furnace Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Furnace Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4571, Longitude: -116.8665 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |