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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>

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

Havasu Lake is located in San Bernardino County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Havasu Lake. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than San Bernardino 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 Havasu Lake (which is San Bernardino 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 Havasu Lake

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

  • San Bernardino County   (where Havasu Lake resides)
    • County Website:   www.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Havasu Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Havasu Lake.
      • Havasu Palms
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Tin Shack ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin Shack have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Shack
        • Tin Shack is located in San Bernardino County
      • Black Meadow Landing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Meadow Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Meadow Landing
        • Black Meadow Landing is located in San Bernardino County
      • Parker Dam
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cross Roads
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
        • Cross Roads is located in San Bernardino County
      • Parker Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluewater
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
        • Bluewater is located in San Bernardino County
      • Earp
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Vidal Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vidal Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidal Junction
        • Vidal Junction is located in San Bernardino County
      • Big River
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Calzona
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calzona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calzona
        • Calzona is located in San Bernardino County
      • Vidal
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vidal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidal
        • Vidal is located in San Bernardino County
      • Needles
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • La Paz County
    • County Website:   www.co.la-paz.az.us/
    • County Seat for La Paz:   Parker (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Havasu Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Havasu Lake.
      • Parker Strip
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker Strip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Strip
        • Parker Strip is located in La Paz County (AZ)
      • Bluewater
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
        • Bluewater is located in La Paz County (AZ)
      • Cienega Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Parker
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Planet ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Planet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planet
        • Planet is located in La Paz County (AZ)
  • Mohave County
    • County Website:   www.co.mohave.az.us/
    • County Seat for Mohave:   Kingman (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Havasu Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Havasu Lake.
      • Lake Havasu City
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jops Landing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jops Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jops Landing
        • Jops Landing is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Desert Hills
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Hills
        • Desert Hills is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Topock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Powell ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Powell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
        • Powell is located in Mohave County (AZ)
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Powell
        • From Havasu Lake to Powell
      • Catfish Paradise
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catfish Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Paradise
        • Catfish Paradise is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Franconia
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franconia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
        • Franconia is located in Mohave County (AZ)
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Franconia
        • From Havasu Lake to Franconia
      • Fivemile Landing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Larneds Landing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larneds Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larneds Landing
        • Larneds Landing is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Haviland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haviland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
        • Haviland is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Arizona Village
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arizona Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona Village
        • Arizona Village is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Yucca
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Havasu Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Havasu Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4832, Longitude: -114.4126    
<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.
<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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