Nearest Communities to Parker Dam,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Parker Dam, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Parker Dam:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Please note 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.
Parker Dam 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 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Parker Dam. Of these communities, 13 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 Parker Dam (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 Parker Dam
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Bernardino County (where Parker Dam resides)
- County Website: www.sbcounty.gov/
- County Seat for San Bernardino: San Bernardino
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- San Bernardino County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- San Bernardino County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- San Bernardino County
- Nearest Communities to Parker Dam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Parker Dam.
- Black Meadow Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Tin Shack ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Havasu Palms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havasu Palms
- Havasu Palms is located in San Bernardino County
- Bluewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Earp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earp
- Earp is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earp <4>
- Big River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big River
- Big River is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big River <4>
- Calzona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Havasu Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havasu Lake
- Havasu Lake is located in San Bernardino County
- Vidal
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Vidal Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- 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
- La Paz County
- County Website: www.co.la-paz.az.us/
- County Seat for La Paz: Parker (AZ)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- La Paz County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- La Paz County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- La Paz County
- Nearest Communities to Parker Dam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Parker Dam.
- Parker Strip
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- 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)
- Cienega Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienega Springs
- Cienega Springs is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Planet ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Bluewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Parker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Parker is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parker <4>
- Swansea ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Bouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bouse
- Bouse is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Former name for Bouse:
- Brayton
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bouse <4>
- Poston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poston
- Poston is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poston <4>
- Mohave County
- County Website: www.co.mohave.az.us/
- County Seat for Mohave: Kingman (AZ)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- Mohave County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- Mohave County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- Mohave County
- Nearest Communities to Parker Dam ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Parker Dam.
- Larneds Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- 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)
- Lake Havasu City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Havasu City
- Lake Havasu City is located in Mohave County (AZ)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Havasu City <4>
- Jops Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- 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)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parker Dam) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parker Dam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2873, Longitude: -114.1430 |
| <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. |