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Welcome to Red Mesa ...

Red Mesa is located within the Navajo Nation.

Red Mesa is located in Apache County<1>.

Red Mesa is 5,370 feet [1,637 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Red Mesa is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Red Mesa lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Red Mesa, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Red Mesa: 928

Communities near Red Mesa ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Red Mesa.

  • Totacon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Totacon is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totacon
  • White Mesa Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • White Mesa Village is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mesa Village
  • Red Lake Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
  • White Rock Curve Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Teec Nos Pos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Aneth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Montezuma Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Tes Nez Iah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Tes Nez Iah is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tes Nez Iah
  • Tselakai Dezza
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tselakai Dezza is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tselakai Dezza
  • Beclabito
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beclabito is located in San Juan County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beclabito

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Red Mesa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Red Mesa.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Mesa ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Apache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Mesa - 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.