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Nearest Communities to Laguna Beach,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.


Laguna Beach is located in Orange County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Orange County: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 257 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Laguna Beach. Of these communities, 82 are located in counties other than Orange 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 Laguna Beach (which is Orange 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 Laguna Beach

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

  • Orange County   (where Laguna Beach resides)
  • Los Angeles County
  • Riverside County
    • County Website:   https://rivco.org/
    • County Seat for Riverside:   Riverside
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Laguna Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Laguna Beach.
      • Potrero El Cariso
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Potrero El Cariso is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potrero El Cariso
      • Potrero de Los Cienega
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Temescal
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Arcilla
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Arcilla is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcilla
      • Weisel
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Weisel is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisel
      • La Cresta Highlands
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • La Cresta Highlands is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Highlands
      • Alberhill
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Alberhill is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberhill
      • El Cerrito
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pepper Corner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Pepper Corner is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Corner
      • Lakeland Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Santa Rosa South
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Santa Rosa South is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa South
      • Corona
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Terra Cotta
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Terra Cotta is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
        • La Cresta
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • La Cresta is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta
        • La Laguna
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • La Laguna is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Laguna
        • Lake Elsinore
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • North Elsinore
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • North Elsinore is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elsinore
        • Santa Rosa West
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Santa Rosa West is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa West
        • Home Gardens
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Porphyry ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Santa Margarita Groves
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Sylvan Meadows
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Sylvan Meadows is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Meadows
        • Santa Rosa ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Santa Rosa was located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
        • Sedco Hills
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
        • Wildomar
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • El Sobrante de San Jacinto
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Gavilan Hills
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Gavilan Hills is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavilan Hills
        • May
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • May is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
        • Santa Rosa Ranch Estates
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Camelot Hills
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Camelot Hills is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Hills
        • La Sierra
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • La Sierra is located in Riverside County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sierra
        • Meadowbrook
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Norco
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • San Bernardino County
  • San Diego County
    • 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 Laguna Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Laguna Beach.
      • San Onofre
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Agra
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Agra is located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
      • Don ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Don was located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don
      • Las Flores ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Las Flores was located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
      • Santa Margarita Y Las Flores
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • De Luz
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • De Luz is located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Luz
      • Chappo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Chappo is located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappo
      • Stuart
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Stuart is located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
      • De Luz Heights
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • De Luz Heights is located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Luz Heights
      • Jofegan
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Jofegan is located in San Diego County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jofegan

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 from Point A (ie- Laguna Beach) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.