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Welcome to Porter Landing ...

A typical abbreviation for Porter Landing: Porter Lndg. (or less commonly used: Porter Lndng.)

Porter Landing is 2,810 feet [856 m] above sea level.<1> In other words, the altitude of Porter Landing is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Porter Landing lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Area Codes for Porter Landing: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Porter Landing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Porter Landing - it's located in Maine.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Porter Landing.

Communities near Porter Landing ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Porter Landing.

  • Laketon ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
  • Defot
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defot
  • Dease Lake
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Stikine
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stikine

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Porter Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Porter Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Porter Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Porter Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.