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Welcome to Buffalo Springs ...

Buffalo Springs is located

Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Buffalo Springs: Buffalo Spgs. (or less commonly used: Buffalo Spngs. or Buffalo Sprngs.)

Buffalo Springs is 6,040 feet [1,841 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Buffalo Springs is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Buffalo Springs and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Buffalo Springs: 505

Communities Also Named Buffalo Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Buffalo Springs - they are located in Colorado, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (4) and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalo Springs.

Communities near Buffalo Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buffalo Springs.

  • Tohatchi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Naschitti
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Naschitti is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
  • Brimhall Nizhoni
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
  • Mexican Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mexican Springs is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Springs
    • Mexican Springs has also been known as:
    • Nakai Beto
    • Nakai Bito
    • Nakaibeto
    • Nakaibito
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Springs <3>
  • Sheep Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Twin Lakes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Crystal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Navajo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Yah-ta-hey
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
  • White Rock ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • White Rock is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buffalo Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buffalo Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buffalo Springs ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including McKinley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buffalo Springs - 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.