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Welcome to El Rio ...

El Rio is located in Pima County<1>.

El Rio is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of El Rio is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: El Rio lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for El Rio: 520

Communities Also Named El Rio ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named El Rio - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Rio.

Communities near El Rio ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Rio.

  • Tucson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Marana
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Oro Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Flowing Wells
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Flowing Wells is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Wells
  • Casas Adobes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Catalina Foothills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Catalina Foothills is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Foothills
  • Drexel Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Drexel Heights is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel Heights
  • Tucson Estates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tucson Estates is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson Estates
  • Drexel - Alvernon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Drexel - Alvernon is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel - Alvernon
  • Vandenberg Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Vandenberg Village is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village

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 El Rio. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Rio.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Rio. 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 El Rio.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Rio. See our Newspapers Page for El Rio.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Rio ...

Looking for more information about El Rio? 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 El Rio, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for El Rio.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Pima, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around El Rio - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.