Nearest Communities to Central Lake,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Central Lake, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Central Lake:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
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.
Central Lake is located in Antrim County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Antrim County: Charlevoix, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska & Otsego.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 124 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Central Lake. Of these communities, 102 are located in counties other than Antrim 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 Central Lake (which is Antrim 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 Central Lake
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Antrim County (where Central Lake resides)
- 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 Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Snowflake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Snowflake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
- Torch Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Torch Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch Lake
- Pleasant Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Eastport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Creswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Creswell is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Finkton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Finkton is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkton
- Ellsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Arms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Arms is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arms
- Bellaire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Clam River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clam River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam River
- Chestonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chestonia is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestonia
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Clam Lake ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clam Lake is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Lake
- Graves Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Graves Crossing is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Crossing
- Green River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green River is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Kewadin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elk Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wetzel ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wetzel is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
- Wetzel has also been known as:
- Wetzell
- Alba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Antrim County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Mancelona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- East Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Phelps
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Phelps is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Goo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goo is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goo
- Norwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Barnard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barnard is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Ironton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ironton is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Advance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Advance is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Charlevoix Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Charlevoix Estates is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlevoix Estates
- Boyne City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Boulder Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Boulder Park is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Park
- Charlevoix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Horton Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Boyne Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Zenith Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zenith Heights is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith Heights
- Burgess
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burgess is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Bay Shore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bay Shore is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore
- Clarion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarion is located in Charlevoix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion
- Walloon Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford County
- County Website: https://www.crawfordco.org/
- County Seat for Crawford: Grayling
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Deward ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deward is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deward
- Ishaward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ishaward is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishaward
- Emmet County
- 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 Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Bay Shore Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bay Shore Estates is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore Estates
- Bay Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Petoskey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bay View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
- Harbor Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Point is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Kegomic ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kegomic is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegomic
- Harbor Springs Estate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wequetonsing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wequetonsing is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetonsing
- Chalet Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chalet Estates is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Estates
- Menonaqua Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menonaqua Beach is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menonaqua Beach
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- Ramona Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramona Park is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Park
- Roaring Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Brook is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
- Conway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Epsilon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Epsilon is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsilon
- Patons Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patons Corner is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patons Corner
- Grand Traverse County
- County Website: https://www.gtcountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Grand Traverse: Traverse City
- Note: The Grand Traverse Bay lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Old Mission
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Angel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Angel has also been known as:
- Angel Station
- Angell Station
- Yuba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Tunk ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tunk is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunk
- Mabel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mabel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Williamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bates is located in Grand Traverse County
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- Acme
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Corner
- Traverse City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Devils Elbow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Devils Elbow is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
- Jacks Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jacks Landing is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Landing
- Brookside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Kalkaska County
- County Website: https://www.kalkaskacounty.net/
- County Seat for Kalkaska: Kalkaska
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Torch River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
- Rapid City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Leetsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Leetsville is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetsville
- Barker Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barker Creek is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Creek
- Darragh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darragh is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darragh
- Kalkaska
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cotton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cotton is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Crofton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crofton is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lodi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lodi is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Sigma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sigma is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigma
- South Boardman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- O'Neil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- O'Neil is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- O'Neil has also been known as:
- O'Neill
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spencer is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Angling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Angling is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angling
- Leelanau County
- County Website: https://www.leelanau.gov/
- County Seat for Leelanau: Leland
- Note: Lake Michigan lies to the west and north, with the Grand Traverse Bay to the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Omena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ahgosatown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ahgosatown is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahgosatown
- Peshawbestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Peshawbestown is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peshawbestown
- Manseau ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Manseau is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manseau
- Northport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Onominee ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Onominee is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onominee
- Onominee has also been known as:
- Onominese
- Onomonese
- Onuminee
- Onumunese
- Suttons Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Keswick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keswick is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
- Fountain Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fountain Point is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Point
- Lake Leelanau
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bingham is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Leelanau Shores
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leelanau Shores is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leelanau Shores
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Leland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crystal Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Cherry Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Bend is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Bend
- Hatchs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchs is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs
- Heimforth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heimforth is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heimforth
- Bodus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bodus is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodus
- Fouch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fouch is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouch
- Greilickville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greilickville is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greilickville
- Schomberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Schomberg is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- Isadore ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Isadore is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore
- Cedar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Solon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Solon is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Otsego County
- County Website: https://otsegocountymi.gov/
- County Seat for Otsego: Gaylord
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Central Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Central Lake.
- Elmira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hallock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hallock is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
- Berryville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Berryville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Eyedylwild Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eyedylwild Beach is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyedylwild Beach
- Gaylord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearll City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearll City is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearll City
- Arbutus Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Arbutus Beach is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus Beach
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Otsego Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Otsego Lake is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego Lake
- Vanderbilt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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- Central Lake) 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. |