Nearest Communities to Rand,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rand, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rand:
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 starting from Rand.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rand is located in Jackson County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Grand, Larimer, Routt, Albany (WY) & Carbon (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rand. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Jackson 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 Rand (which is Jackson 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 Rand
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Jackson County (where Rand resides)
- County Seat for Jackson: Walden
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Jackson County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Jackson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Jackson County
- Nearest Communities to Rand ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rand.
- Old Homestead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
- Old Homestead is located in Jackson County
- Teller City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Teller City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teller City
- Teller City is located in Jackson County
- Gould ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Gould is located in Jackson County
- Stelbars Lindland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stelbars Lindland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelbars Lindland
- Stelbars Lindland is located in Jackson County
- Bockman Lumber Camp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bockman Lumber Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bockman Lumber Camp
- Bockman Lumber Camp is located in Jackson County
- Larand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Spicer ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
- Spicer is located in Jackson County
- Willey Lumber Camp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willey Lumber Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willey Lumber Camp
- Willey Lumber Camp is located in Jackson County
- Coalmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Coalmont is located in Jackson County
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in Jackson County
- Walden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Walden is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <5>
- Brownlee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Brownlee is located in Jackson County
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- Higho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Cowdrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowdrey
- Cowdrey is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowdrey <5>
- Northgate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Fort Boettcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Boettcher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Boettcher
- Fort Boettcher is located in Jackson County
- Higho
- Grand County
- County Website: www.co.grand.co.us/
- County Seat for Grand: Hot Sulphur Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Grand County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Grand County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Grand County
- Nearest Communities to Rand ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rand.
- Dutchtown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Lulu City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Gaskil
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Grand Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Grand Lake is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake <5>
- Hot Sulphur Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Sulphur Springs
- Hot Sulphur Springs is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Sulphur Springs <5>
- Parshall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshall
- Parshall is located in Grand County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parshall <5>
- Troublesome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troublesome have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troublesome
- Troublesome is located in Grand County
- Granby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Granby is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,174 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granby <5>
- Kremmling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremmling
- Kremmling is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,523 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kremmling <5>
- Larimer County
- County Website: www.co.larimer.co.us/
- County Seat for Larimer: Fort Collins
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Larimer County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Larimer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Larimer County
- Nearest Communities to Rand ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rand.
- Reds Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reds Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reds Place
- Reds Place is located in Larimer County
- Spencer Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Heights
- Spencer Heights is located in Larimer County
- Glendevey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Kinikinik
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Rand) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4539, Longitude: -106.1814 In this case, the coordinates for Rand 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |