Welcome to Greens Gap ...

Greens Gap is located in Catron County<1>.

The location of Greens Gap has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greens Gap, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1918.

Greens Gap is 7,450 feet [2,271 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Greens Gap is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Greens Gap 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.

The telephone area code for Greens Gap: (575)

Communities near Greens Gap ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Greens Gap.

• Gutierrezville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gutierrezville
  • Gutierrezville is located in Catron County
• Pie Town
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pie Town
  • Pie Town is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pie Town <4>
• Datil
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datil
  • Datil is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Datil <4>
• Omega
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
  • Omega is located in Catron County
• Quemado
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quemado
  • Quemado is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quemado <4>
• Aragon
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
  • Aragon is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aragon <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greens Gap ...

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

Adding Greens Gap to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greens Gap in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Greens Gap was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Greens Gap post office opened in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greens Gap.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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