Welcome to Hot Lake ...
Hot Lake is located in Union County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hot Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.
A typical abbreviation for Hot Lake: Hot Lk.
Hot Lake is 2,700 feet [823 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Hot Lake is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: Hot Lake lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel south from Hot Lake, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
Area Codes for Hot Lake: 541 & 458<3>
Websites for Hot Lake ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.unioncountychamber.org/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hot Lake, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Hot Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hot Lake.
- La Grande
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Island City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Powder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Powder have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Powder
- North Powder is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Powder <4>
- Imbler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Summerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Conley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Conley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Conley is located in Union County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Conley
- From Hot Lake to Conley
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orodell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
- Orodell is located in Union County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Orodell
- From Hot Lake to Orodell
- Hilgard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hilgard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
- Hilgard is located in Union County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hilgard
- From Hot Lake to Hilgard
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hot Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hot Lake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hot Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hot Lake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hot Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Hot Lake.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hot Lake ...
Looking for more information about Hot Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hot Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hot Lake.
Adding Hot Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hot Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hot Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Hot Lake post office opened in 1883.
We also found Hot Lake in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hot Lake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hot Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Hot Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Hot Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |