Nearest Communities to Ayr,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ayr, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ayr:
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.
Ayr is located in Emmet County.
The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Emmet County: Charlevoix & Cheboygan.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 117 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ayr. Of these communities, 82 are located in counties other than Emmet 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 Ayr (which is Emmet 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 Ayr
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Emmet County (where Ayr resides)
- County Website: https://www.emmetcounty.org/
- County Seat for Emmet: Petoskey
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west and northwest, the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron to the northeast
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayr.
- Brutus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Oden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alanson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pellston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Conway
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ponshewaing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ponshewaing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponshewaing
- Chalet Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chalet Estates is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Estates
- Menonaqua Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Menonaqua Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menonaqua Beach
- Ramona Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ramona Park is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Park
- Roaring Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
- Wequetonsing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wequetonsing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetonsing
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Patons Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Patons Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patons Corner
- Van
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Van is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Marsh Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Corner
- Harbor Springs Estate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kegomic ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kegomic is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
- Stutsmanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stutsmanville is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsmanville
- Bay View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Point is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Epsilon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Epsilon is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
- Forest Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
- Petoskey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canby Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Canby Corners is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canby Corners
- Levering
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bay Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bliss is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Cross Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Middle Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Carp Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bay Shore Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Shore Estates is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore Estates
- Cecil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Mackinaw City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Antrim County
- County Website: https://www.antrimcountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Antrim: Bellaire
- Note: The Grand Traverse Bay lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlevoix County
- County Website: https://www.charlevoixcounty.org/
- County Seat for Charlevoix: Charlevoix
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayr.
- Bay Shore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore
- Clarion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarion is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
- Zenith Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith Heights is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith Heights
- Walloon Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burgess
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Wildwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Horton Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
- Boyne City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
- Former names for Boyne City:
- Bay Springs
- Boyne
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <3>
- Advance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Boyne Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ironton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Charlevoix Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Charlevoix Estates is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlevoix Estates
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Charlevoix
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Park is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Park
- Goo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goo is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
- East Jordan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Phelps
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phelps is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Cheboygan County
- County Website: https://www.cheboygancounty.net/
- County Seat for Cheboygan: Cheboygan
- Note: The Straits of Mackinac and Lake Michigan lies to the northwest, with Mackinac Island and Lake Huron to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayr.
- Indianville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indianville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianville
- Elmhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elmhurst is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmhurst
- Burt Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springwell Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Springwell Heights is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwell Heights
- Chippewa Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chippewa Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Beach
- Ingleside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Wauban Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wauban Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauban Beach
- Kingsley Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsley Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Beach
- Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Cold Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Giauque Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Giauque Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giauque Beach
- Topinabee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Indian River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Grand View Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grand View Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Beach
- Royal Oak Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Royal Oak Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Beach
- Riggsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggsville
- Weadock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weadock is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weadock
- Long Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Long Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Miami Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Miami Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Beach
- Veery Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Veery Point is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veery Point
- Birchwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Silver Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Mullett Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mullett Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake
- Rondo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rondo is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Haakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haakwood is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haakwood
- Aloha
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aloha is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha
- Mullett Lake Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mullett Lake Woods is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullett Lake Woods
- Orchard Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Orchard Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Freedom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Grand View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grand View is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Afton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolverine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Legrand
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Legrand is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legrand
- Edgewater Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Point Nipigon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Nipigon is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Nipigon
- Point Nipigon has also been known as:
- Point Nip-i-gon
- Pries Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pries Landing is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pries Landing
- Fingerboard Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fingerboard Corner is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingerboard Corner
- Cheboygan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alverno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alverno is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverno
- Trowbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trowbridge is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Manning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Manning is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Pine Grove Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Beach is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Beach
- Hangore Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hangore Heights is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hangore Heights
- Tower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tower is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
- Black Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
- High Banks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- High Banks is located in Cheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
- Mackinac County
- County Website: https://www.mackinaccounty.net/
- County Seat for Mackinac: Saint Ignace
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the southwest, the Straits of Mackinac to the south, Mackinac Island and Lake Huron to the southeast
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayr.
- Pointe Aux Pins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gros Cap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gros Cap is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gros Cap
- Saint Ignace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Holmes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Holmes is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Holmes
- Fort Mackinac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Mackinac is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mackinac
- Mackinac Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mackinac Island is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinac Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- British Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- British Landing is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Landing
- Evergreen Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Shores is located in Mackinac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Otsego County
- County Website: https://otsegocountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Otsego: Gaylord
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayr.
- Vanderbilt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Berryville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Green Timbers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Timbers is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Timbers
- Elmira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hallock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hallock is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
- Presque Isle County
- County Website: https://presqueislecounty.org/
- County Seat for Presque Isle: Rogers City
- Note: Lake Huron lies to the north and the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayr ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayr.
- Black Lake Bluffs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Lake Bluffs is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Bluffs
- Canfield Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Canfield Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Beach
- Coddes Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coddes Beach is located in Presque Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddes Beach
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ayr) 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. |