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Welcome to Wahweap ...

Wahweap is located in Coconino County<1>.

Wahweap is 3,700 feet [1,128 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Wahweap is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Wahweap and travel east, you will 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 Wahweap: 928

Communities near Wahweap ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Wahweap.

  • Page
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Page is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,516 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Page <3>
  • Big Water
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lee's Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lee's Ferry is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Ferry
    • Lee's Ferry has also been known as:
    • Little Colorado Station
    • Saint's Ferry
  • Marble Canyon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Adairville ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Adairville is located in Kane County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adairville
  • Rockhouse ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockhouse is located in Kane County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
  • Bitter Springs
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bitter Springs is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Springs
  • Shirts Fort ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shirts Fort is located in Kane County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirts Fort
  • Paria ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Paria is located in Kane County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paria

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wahweap ...

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

Footnotes ...

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