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Welcome to Red Rapids ...

A typical abbreviation for Red Rapids: Red Rpds.

Red Rapids is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Red Rapids lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Note: If you travel west from Red Rapids (for example, toward Fort Fairfield (ME)), you will leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Red Rapids: 506 & 428<2>

Communities Also Named Red Rapids ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Red Rapids - it's located in New Brunswick.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red Rapids.

Communities near Red Rapids ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Red Rapids.

  • Fort Fairfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Limestone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Limestone is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <3>
  • Perth - Andover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Pert Parish
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Plaster Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Drummond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
  • Bath
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
  • Aroostook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Currie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currie
  • Anderson Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Rapids ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Rapids - 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 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Red Rapids area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Red Rapids 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.