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Welcome to Dew Drop Place ...

Dew Drop Place is located in Owyhee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Dew Drop Place: Dew Drop Pl. (or less commonly used: Dew Drop Plc.)

Dew Drop Place is 6,650 feet [2,027 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Dew Drop Place is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Dew Drop Place lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Dew Drop Place, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Dew Drop Place: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Dew Drop Place ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Dew Drop Place.

  • Owyhee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Riddle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Riddle is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
  • Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Rio Tinto is located in Elko County (NV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Tinto
  • Bruno City ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bruno City is located in Elko County (NV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno City
  • Jarbidge
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Wickahoney ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dew Drop Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Owyhee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dew Drop Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Dew Drop Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Dew Drop Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.