Nearest Communities to Fossil Forest,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fossil Forest, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fossil Forest:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Fossil Forest.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Fossil Forest is located in Park County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Park County: Carbon (MT), Gallatin (MT), Park (MT), Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Teton & Washakie.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fossil Forest. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Park 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 Fossil Forest (which is Park 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 Fossil Forest
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Park County (where Fossil Forest resides)
- County Website: www.parkcounty.us/
- County Seat for Park: Cody
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Park County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Park County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Park County
- Nearest Communities to Fossil Forest ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossil Forest.
- Soda Butte ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soda Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Butte
- Soda Butte is located in Park County
- Bannock Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bannock Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannock Ford
- Bannock Ford is located in Park County
- Devils Den
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Den have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Den
- Devils Den is located in Park County
- Buffalo Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ford
- Buffalo Ford is located in Park County
- Tower Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
- Tower Junction is located in Park County
- Yanceys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Canyon Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Junction
- Canyon Junction is located in Park County
- Canyon Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Village
- Canyon Village is located in Park County
- Mammoth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Mammoth is located in Park County
- Pahaska Tepee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pahaska Tepee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pahaska Tepee
- Pahaska Tepee is located in Park County
- Teton County
- County Website: www.tetonwyo.org/
- County Seat for Teton: Jackson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Teton County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Teton County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Teton County
- Nearest Communities to Fossil Forest ...
- Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Lake is located in Teton County
- Lake
- Park County
- County Website: www.parkcounty.org/
- County Seat for Park: Livingston (MT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Park County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Park County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Park County
- Nearest Communities to Fossil Forest ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fossil Forest.
- Silver Gate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Gate
- Silver Gate is located in Park County (MT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Gate <4>
- Cooke City - Silver Gate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke City - Silver Gate
- Cooke City - Silver Gate is located in Park County (MT)
- Cooke City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooke City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke City
- Cooke City is located in Park County (MT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooke City <4>
- Ricci Trailer Terraces
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ricci Trailer Terraces have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricci Trailer Terraces
- Ricci Trailer Terraces is located in Park County (MT)
- Independence ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Park County (MT)
- Jardine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardine
- Jardine is located in Park County (MT)
- Gardiner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardiner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
- Gardiner is located in Park County (MT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardiner <4>
- Lazy Day ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Electric
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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 from Point A (ie- Fossil Forest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fossil Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8605, Longitude: -110.2346 In this case, the coordinates for Fossil Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |