Nearest Communities to La Garita,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to La Garita, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for La Garita:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from La Garita.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
La Garita is located in Saguache County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saguache County: Alamosa, Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Mineral & Rio Grande.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Garita. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Saguache 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 La Garita (which is Saguache 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 La Garita
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Saguache County (where La Garita resides)
- County Website: www.slv.org/saguachecounty/
- County Seat for Saguache: Saguache
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Saguache County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Saguache County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Saguache County
- Nearest Communities to La Garita ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Garita.
- Saguache
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saguache have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saguache
- Saguache is located in Saguache County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saguache <4>
- Moffat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
- Moffat is located in Saguache County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moffat <4>
- Bonita
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Parkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Spook City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spook City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spook City
- Spook City is located in Saguache County
- Mirage ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Mineral Hot Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hot Springs
- Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County
- Sedgewick ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alamosa County
- County Seat for Alamosa: Alamosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Alamosa County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Alamosa County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Alamosa County
- Nearest Communities to La Garita ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Garita.
- Hooper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Hooper is located in Alamosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hooper <4>
- Parma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Mosca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosca
- Mosca is located in Alamosa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosca <4>
- Rio Grande County
- County Website: www.riograndecounty.org/
- County Seat for Rio Grande: Del Norte
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- Nearest Communities to La Garita ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Garita.
- Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Center is located in Rio Grande County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,385 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <4>
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Evansville is located in Rio Grande County
- Ansel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Del Norte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Norte
- Del Norte is located in Rio Grande County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Del Norte <4>
- Sevenmile Plaza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevenmile Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Plaza
- Sevenmile Plaza is located in Rio Grande County
- Dunul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Maxeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxeyville
- Maxeyville is located in Rio Grande County
- Torres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Vastine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Hanna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Monte Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista
- Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,067 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Vista <4>
- Agua Ramon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Ramon
- Agua Ramon is located in Rio Grande County
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- Sugar Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Junction
- Sugar Junction is located in Rio Grande County
- Homelake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homelake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homelake
- Homelake is located in Rio Grande County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homelake <4>
- Zinzer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Alpine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Gerrard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
- Gerrard is located in Rio Grande County
- South Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- South Fork is located in Rio Grande County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Fork <4>
- Baxterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxterville
- Baxterville is located in Rio Grande County
- Sugar Junction
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- La Garita) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Garita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8408, Longitude: -106.2467 In this case, the coordinates for La Garita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |