Welcome to Wide Ruins ...

Wide Ruins is located within the Navajo Nation.

Wide Ruins is located in Apache County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wide Ruins, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Wide Ruins is 6,270 feet [1,911 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Wide Ruins is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Wide Ruins and travel east, 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 area code for Wide Ruins: (928)

Communities near Wide Ruins ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wide Ruins.

• Klagetoh
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klagetoh
  • Klagetoh is located in Apache County
• Pine Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
  • Pine Springs is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Springs <3>
• Chambers
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Chambers is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chambers <3>
• Sanders
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
  • Sanders is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanders <3>
• Houck
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
  • Houck is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houck <3>
• Cornfields
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornfields
  • Cornfields is located in Apache County
• Allentown
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
  • Allentown is located in Apache County
• Ganado
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganado
  • Ganado is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ganado <3>
• Oak Springs
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Springs
  • Oak Springs is located in Apache County
• Greasewood
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasewood
  • Greasewood is located in Navajo County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wide Ruins ...

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

Adding Wide Ruins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wide Ruins 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 Wide Ruins was on a map titled Road Map for Arizona (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wide Ruins.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wide Ruins. 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/