Nearest Communities to Lake McDonald,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Lake McDonald, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Lake McDonald:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Lake McDonald.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Lake McDonald is located in Flathead County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lake McDonald. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Flathead 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 Lake McDonald (which is Flathead 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 Lake McDonald
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Flathead County (where Lake McDonald resides)
- County Website: https://flatheadcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Flathead: Kalispell
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lake McDonald ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lake McDonald.
- Geduhn ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Geduhn is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geduhn
- Crystal Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crystal Ford is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Ford
- Sperry Chalets
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sperry Chalets is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry Chalets
- Red Rock Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Rock Point is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Point
- Apgar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Apgar is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgar
- Crystal Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crystal Point is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
- Packers Roost
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Packers Roost is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packers Roost
- West Glacier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nyack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nyack is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack
- Coram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martin City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hungry Horse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
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- South Fork ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Fork is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
- Conkelley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Conkelley is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkelley
- Pinnacle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Polebridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Park is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Park
- Big Sky Colonial Manor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Halfmoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Halfmoon is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon
- Lazy Day Court
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
- Reuter ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reuter is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuter
- Happy Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Haven is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Haven
- Ramsey ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Whitefish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Essex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vista is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- La Salle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Salle is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
- Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ford is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Canyon Creek Boat Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nimrod
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nimrod is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Round Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Round Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Wurtz Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wurtz Hill is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtz Hill
- Jessup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jessup is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
- Blacktail
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blacktail is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
- Lupfer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lupfer is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupfer
- Glacier County
- County Website: https://glaciercountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Glacier: Cut Bank
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lake McDonald ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lake McDonald.
- Siyeh Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Siyeh Bend is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siyeh Bend
- Swiftcurrent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swiftcurrent is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftcurrent
- Rising Sun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Altyn ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altyn is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altyn
- Cassidy Curve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cassidy Curve is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy Curve
- Saint Mary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Babb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kiowa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Star is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake McDonald) 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. |
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