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Welcome to Sand Corner ...

Sand Corner is located in Cibola County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sand Corner: Sand Cor. (or less commonly used: Sand Crn.)

Sand Corner is 7,230 feet [2,204 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sand Corner is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Sand Corner 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 Sand Corner: 505

Communities near Sand Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sand Corner.

  • Pinehill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ramah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Thoreau
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continental Divide
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Prewitt
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Milan
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • San Rafael
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
  • Black Rock
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Black Rock is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
  • Vanderwagen
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grants
    (27 miles [43.5 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>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Corner ...

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

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 Sand Corner - 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.