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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 from Hot Lake.<1>

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

Hot Lake is located in Union County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hot Lake. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Union 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 Hot Lake (which is Union 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 Hot Lake

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

  • Union County   (where Hot Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hot Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hot Lake.
      • Union Junction
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Union Junction is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
      • Lone Tree
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Lone Tree is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Union
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Island City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Conley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Cove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • La Grande
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Crooks
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Crooks is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
      • Alicel
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Alicel is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
      • Orodell ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Telocaset
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Telocaset is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
      • Perry
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Perry is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Sago
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Sago is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
        • Imbler
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Hilgard
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • North Powder
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Summerville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Rhinehart
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Rhinehart is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
        • Motanic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Motanic is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
        • Camp Carson ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Carson is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
        • Elgin
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Bodie
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Bodie is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
        • Medical Springs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Pondosa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Pondosa is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondosa
        • Starkey
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Elk Flat is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
        • Camp Elkanah
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
        • Kamela
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Kamela is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
        • Gulling
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Gulling is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
        • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
  • Baker County
    • County Website:   https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Baker:   Baker City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hot Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hot Lake.
      • Hutchinson ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Little Alps
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Little Alps is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Alps
      • Haines
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Rock Creek is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
      • Wing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Wing is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
      • Wingville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Wingville is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
      • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Erwin ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Erwin is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
      • Cableville ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Cableville is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cableville
  • Umatilla County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/
    • County Seat for Umatilla:   Pendleton
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northwestern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hot Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hot Lake.
      • Huron
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Huron is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • North Fork
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • North Fork is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
      • Ross
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Ross is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Ruckel Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
      • Duncan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Duncan is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Meacham
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wallowa County

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- Hot 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.
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