Welcome to Sunrise Springs ...

Sunrise Springs is located within the Navajo Nation.

Sunrise Springs is located in Apache County<1>.

The location of Sunrise Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunrise Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

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

Sunrise Springs is 6,060 feet [1,847 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Sunrise Springs is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Sunrise Springs and travel west, you will 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.

The telephone area code for Sunrise Springs: (928)

Communities near Sunrise Springs ...

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

• Cornfields
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornfields
  • Cornfields is located in Apache County
• Greasewood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasewood
  • Greasewood is located in Navajo County
• Steamboat
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
  • Steamboat is located in Apache County
• Burnside
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
  • Burnside is located in Apache County
• Toyei
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toyei
  • Toyei is located in Apache County
• Ganado
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganado
  • Ganado is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ganado <4>
• Klagetoh
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klagetoh
  • Klagetoh is located in Apache County
• Wide Ruins
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Ruins
  • Wide Ruins is located in Apache County
• Kinlichee
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinlichee
  • Kinlichee is located in Apache County
• Indian Wells
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
  • Indian Wells is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Wells <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunrise Springs ...

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

Adding Sunrise Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sunrise Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sunrise Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sunrise Springs post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunrise Springs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunrise Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Apache County: www.co.apache.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/