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Nearest Communities to Lookout,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.<1>

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

Lookout is located in Modoc County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Modoc County: Lassen, Shasta, Siskiyou, Washoe (NV), Klamath (OR) & Lake (OR).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lookout. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Modoc 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 Lookout (which is Modoc 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 Lookout

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

  • Modoc County   (where Lookout resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.modoc.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Modoc:   Alturas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lookout   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lookout.
      • Lookout Rancheria
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Lookout Rancheria is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Rancheria
      • Lookout Junction
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Adin
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Demuth
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Demuth is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demuth
      • Harper
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Harper is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
      • Day
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Day is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
      • Dibble Place
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Dibble Place is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Place
      • White Horse
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • White Horse is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
      • Scarface
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Scarface is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarface
      • Old Hulbert Place
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Old Hulbert Place is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hulbert Place
      • Hollenbeck ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Hollenbeck is located in Modoc County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenbeck
      • Canby
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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        • Ambrose
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Ambrose is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
        • Boles
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Boles is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
        • Hackamore
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Hackamore is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackamore
        • Fletcher ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Fletcher is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
        • Kephart
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Kephart is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kephart
        • Meares
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Meares is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meares
        • California Pines
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • California Pines is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Pines
        • Christensen
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Christensen is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christensen
        • Vestil
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Vestil is located in Modoc County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestil
  • Lassen County
    • County Website:   https://co.lassen.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Lassen:   Susanville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lookout   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lookout.
      • Bieber
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Nubieber
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Pumpkin Center
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Hot Springs
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hot Springs is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
      • Leonard
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Leonard is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
      • Stonebreaker Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Pittville is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
      • Scotty Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Scotty Place is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Place
      • Dan Ryan Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Dan Ryan Place is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Ryan Place
      • Dixie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Dixie is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
      • Avila Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Avila Place is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avila Place
      • Hayden Hill ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Hayden Hill is located in Lassen County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Hill
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Little Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Little Valley is located in Lassen County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
        • Dixie Crossing
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Dixie Crossing is located in Lassen County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossing
        • Jellico
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Jellico is located in Lassen County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellico
        • Sheepshead
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Sheepshead is located in Lassen County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead
  • Shasta County
  • Siskiyou County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lookout) 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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