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Welcome to Sand Springs ...

Sand Springs is located within the Hopi Nation.

Sand Springs is located in Apache County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sand Springs: Sand Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sand Spngs. or Sand Sprngs.)

Sand Springs is 5,090 feet [1,551 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sand Springs is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Sand Springs, you will soon leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Sand Springs: 928

Communities Also Named Sand Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named Sand Springs: This one is located in Apache County and the other is located in Coconino County.

Beyond Arizona, there are 12 communities that are also named Sand Springs - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Springs.

Communities near Sand Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sand Springs.

  • Dennehotso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tes Nez Iah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Tes Nez Iah is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tes Nez Iah
  • Rock Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Totacon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Totacon is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totacon
  • Baby Rocks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Baby Rocks is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Rocks
  • Red Mesa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Mesa is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mesa
  • Halchita
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Halchita is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halchita
  • Mexican Hat
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Tselakai Dezza
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tselakai Dezza is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tselakai Dezza
  • Round Rock
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Springs ...

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

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 Sand Springs - 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.