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

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Vanderbilt Beach.<1>

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

Vanderbilt Beach is located in Collier County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Collier County: Broward, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade & Monroe.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 95 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vanderbilt Beach. Of these communities, 52 are located in counties other than Collier 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 Vanderbilt Beach (which is Collier 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 Vanderbilt Beach

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

  • Collier County   (where Vanderbilt Beach resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Collier:   Naples
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vanderbilt Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vanderbilt Beach.
      • Naples Park
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Vanderbilt Beach Estates
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Gulf Harbor
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Gulf Harbor is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Harbor
      • Palm River Shores
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Palm River Shores is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Shores
      • Pelican Bay
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Ridge
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pine Ridge is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Four Seasons
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Four Seasons is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
      • Palm River Estates
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Palm River Estates is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Estates
      • Palm River
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Palm River is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River
      • North Naples
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • North Naples is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Naples
      • Willoughby Acres
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Willoughby Acres is also located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby Acres
      • Barefoot Beach
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (31 more) ...
        • The Moorings
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • The Moorings is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Moorings
        • Vineyards
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Vineyards is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyards
        • Naples
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • East Naples
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • East Naples is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Naples
        • Golden Gate
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Port Royal
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Port Royal is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
        • Royal Harbor
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Royal Harbor is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Harbor
        • Lely
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Naples Manor
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Naples Manor is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples Manor
        • Orangetree
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Orangetree is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangetree
        • Lely Resort
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Lely Resort is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lely Resort
        • Belle Meade
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Belle Meade is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
        • Shell Island
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Shell Island is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
        • Old Marco Junction
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Marco Junction is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Marco Junction
        • Golden Gates Estates
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Golden Gates Estates is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gates Estates
        • Isles of Capri
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Isles of Capri is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isles of Capri
        • Marco
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Marco is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
        • Corkscrew
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Corkscrew is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corkscrew
        • Marco Island
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Royal Palm Hammock
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Royal Palm Hammock is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Hammock
        • Ave Maria
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Grocery Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Grocery Place is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grocery Place
        • Old Grove
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Grove is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Grove
        • Caxambas
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Caxambas is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caxambas
        • Goodland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Immokalee
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sunniland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Sunniland is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunniland
        • Harker
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Harker is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harker
        • Miles City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Miles City is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles City
        • Dismal Key
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Dismal Key is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dismal Key
        • Weavers Station
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Weavers Station is also located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Station
  • Lee County

Footnotes ...

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