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Nearest Communities to Maple Beach,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Maple Beach.<1>

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


Maple Beach is located in Whatcom County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whatcom County: Okanogan, San Juan & Skagit.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Maple Beach. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Whatcom 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 Maple Beach (which is Whatcom 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 Maple Beach

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

  • Whatcom County   (where Maple Beach resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.whatcomcounty.us/
    • County Seat for Whatcom:   Bellingham
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound and the Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Maple Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Maple Beach.
      • South Beach
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • South Beach is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Beach
      • Point Roberts
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Semiahmoo ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Semiahmoo is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semiahmoo
      • Birch Bay Circle Grange
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Blaine
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cottonwood Beach
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Cottonwood Beach is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Beach
      • Hillsdale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Hillsdale is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Birch Bay
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Haynie
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Haynie is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynie
      • Kickerville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
      • Custer
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Mountain View
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Mountain View is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
        • Neptune Beach
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Neptune Beach is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune Beach
        • Ferndale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Delta
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Delta is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
        • Lummi
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
        • Brennan
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Brennan is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennan
        • Lummi Island
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Beach is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
        • Marietta
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
        • Laurel
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Laurel is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
        • Lynden
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Greenwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Greenwood is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Alderwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Alderwood is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderwood
        • Northwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Northwood is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
        • Birchwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Birchwood is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
        • Victor
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Victor is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
        • Parkview
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Parkview is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview
        • Bellingham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Washington Colony ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Washington Colony is located in Whatcom County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Colony
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sanjuancountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Friday Harbor
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Maple Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Maple Beach.
      • Waldron
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Waldron is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
      • Beach Haven
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Beach Haven is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
      • Buckhorn
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Buckhorn is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Camp Orkila
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Camp Orkila is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Orkila
      • Eastsound
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • West Beach
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • West Beach is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Beach
      • Prevost
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Prevost is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prevost
      • Dolphin
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Dolphin is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
      • Deer Harbor
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rosario
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Rosario is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosario
      • West Sound
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • West Sound is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sound
      • Olga
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Roche Harbor
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Doe Bay
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Doe Bay is located in San Juan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Bay
        • Sea Acre
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Sea Acre is located in San Juan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Acre
        • Orcas
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Lakedale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lakedale is located in San Juan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakedale
        • Shaw Island
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
        • Yacht Haven
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Yacht Haven is located in San Juan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yacht Haven
  • Skagit County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Maple Beach) 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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