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Welcome to Lake Valley ...

Lake Valley is located in San Juan County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Valley: Lake Vly. (or less commonly used: Lake Vally. or Lake Vlly.)

Lake Valley is 5,900 feet [1,798 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lake Valley is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Lake Valley 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 Lake Valley: 505

Communities Also Named Lake Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Lake Valley: This one is located in San Juan County and the other is located in Sierra County.

Beyond New Mexico, there are 7 communities that are also named Lake Valley - they are located in California, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Valley.

Communities near Lake Valley ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Lake Valley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Valley ...

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

Footnotes ...

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