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Welcome to Rancho Grande Estates ...

Rancho Grande Estates is located in Catron County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rancho Grande Estates: Rancho Grande Ests.

Rancho Grande Estates is 6,360 feet [1,939 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Rancho Grande Estates is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Rancho Grande Estates lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Rancho Grande Estates 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 Rancho Grande Estates: 575

Communities Also Named Rancho Grande Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rancho Grande Estates - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rancho Grande Estates.

Communities near Rancho Grande Estates ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rancho Grande Estates.

  • Reserve
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Luna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cruzville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
    • Cruzville is located in Catron County
  • Blue
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Apache Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Creek
    • Apache Creek is located in Catron County
  • Alpine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mogollon ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogollon
    • Mogollon is located in Catron County
  • Alma
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Alma is located in Catron County
  • Aragon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rancho Grande Estates ...

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

Footnotes ...

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