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Nearest Communities to Elk Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Elk Lake is located in Deschutes County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deschutes County: Crook, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Lane & Linn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elk Lake. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Deschutes 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 Elk Lake (which is Deschutes 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 Elk Lake

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

  • Deschutes County   (where Elk Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.deschutes.org/
    • County Seat for Deschutes:   Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elk Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Lake.
      • Lava
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Lava is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
      • Sunriver
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Three Rivers
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Three Rivers is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
      • Deschutes River Woods
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Deschutes River Woods is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes River Woods
      • Stearns
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Stearns is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stearns
      • Plainview
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Plainview is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Sisters
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bend
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Bend is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,886 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bend <3>
      • Tumalo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Tumalo is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumalo
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • La Pine
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Indian Ford
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Indian Ford is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ford
        • Cloverdale
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
        • Black Butte Ranch
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Deschutes Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Deschutes Junction is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes Junction
        • Deschutes
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Deschutes is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes
  • Klamath County
  • Lane County
    • County Website:   https://www.lanecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Lane:   Eugene
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elk Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Lake.
      • Belknap Springs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Belknap Springs is located in Lane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Springs
      • Foley Springs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Foley Springs is located in Lane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley Springs
      • McKenzie Bridge
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rainbow
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Rainbow is located in Lane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Blue River
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cruzatte
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Cruzatte is located in Lane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatte
      • Heather
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Heather is located in Lane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather
      • McCredie Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • McCredie Springs is located in Lane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie Springs
      • Finn Rock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elk 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.