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Welcome to Bates Place ...

Bates Place is located in Harding County<1>.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Bates Place for more information about variations on the name of Bates Place.

Bates Place is 4,090 feet [1,247 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bates Place is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Bates Place, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Bates Place: 575

Communities near Bates Place ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Bates Place.

  • Logan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cummings Place
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Place
    • Cummings Place is located in Quay County
  • Nara Visa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Lesbia ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lesbia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesbia
    • Lesbia is located in Quay County
  • San Jon
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Tucumcari
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenrio ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenrio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
    • Glenrio is located in Quay County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenrio <3>
  • Glenrio ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenrio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
    • Glenrio is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bates Place ...

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bates Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Harding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bates Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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