Welcome to Rickard Crossing ...
Rickard Crossing is located in Owyhee County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Rickard Crossing: Rickard Xing.
Rickard Crossing is 4,430 feet [1,350 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rickard Crossing is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Rickard Crossing lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Rickard Crossing and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
Area Codes for Rickard Crossing: 208 & 986<3>
Communities near Rickard Crossing ...
We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Rickard Crossing.
- Dickshooter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dickshooter is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickshooter
- Riddle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Riddle is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Cliffs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
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 Rickard Crossing - 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 Rickard Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Rickard Crossing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |