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Welcome to El Morro ...

El Morro is located in Cibola County<1>.

El Morro is 7,210 feet [2,198 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of El Morro is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave El Morro 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 El Morro: 505

Communities Also Named El Morro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named El Morro: This one is located in Cibola County and the other is located in Valencia County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Morro.

Communities near El Morro ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Morro.

  • Ramah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hogg Place ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hogg Place is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Place
  • Black Rock
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Black Rock is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
  • San Rafael
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
  • Thoreau
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Continental Divide
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Milan
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Zuni Pueblo
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Zuni Pueblo is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni Pueblo
  • Grants
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Grants is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
    • Former name for Grants:
    • Grants Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <3>
  • Prewitt
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Morro ...

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

Footnotes ...

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