Nearest Communities to Standing Rock,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Standing Rock, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Standing Rock:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Standing Rock.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Standing Rock is located in McKinley County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Standing Rock. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than McKinley County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Standing Rock (which is McKinley County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Standing Rock
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKinley County (where Standing Rock resides)
- County Website: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- McKinley County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- McKinley County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- McKinley County
- Nearest Communities to Standing Rock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Standing Rock.
- Pinedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Crownpoint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crownpoint
- Crownpoint is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crownpoint <4>
- Coyote Canyon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Canyon
- Coyote Canyon is located in McKinley County
- Mariano Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariano Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariano Lake
- Mariano Lake is located in McKinley County
- Brimhall Nizhoni
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimhall Nizhoni have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
- Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
- Buffalo Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County
- Iyanbito
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Ciniza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - North Guam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Guam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guam
- North Guam is located in McKinley County
- Navajo Wingate Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo Wingate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Wingate Village
- Navajo Wingate Village is located in McKinley County
- South Guam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Guam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Guam
- South Guam is located in McKinley County
- Church Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Rock
- Church Rock is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Rock <4>
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- McCune
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Perea ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Wingate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Tohatchi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tohatchi
- Tohatchi is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tohatchi <4>
- Seven Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Seven Lakes is located in McKinley County
- Smith Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Lake
- Smith Lake is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smith Lake <4>
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Zuni
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zuni have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Zuni is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zuni <4>
- Twin Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
- Gonzales
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Fort Wingate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wingate
- Fort Wingate is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Wingate <4>
- Heaton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Rehoboth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Rehoboth is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rehoboth <4>
- Mexican Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Springs
- Mexican Springs is located in McKinley County
- Mexican Springs has also been known as:
- Nakai Beto
- Nakai Bito
- Nakaibeto
- Nakaibito
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Springs <4>
- Continental Divide
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Divide
- Continental Divide is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Continental Divide <4>
- Gibson ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Weaver ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Yah-ta-hey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yah-ta-hey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
- Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
- Gamerco ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Thoreau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoreau
- Thoreau is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thoreau <4>
- Gallup
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
- Gallup is located in McKinley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallup <4>
- Sundance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Rock Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
- Basgal Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basgal Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basgal Place
- Basgal Place is located in McKinley County
- McGaffey ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - North Chaves
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Chaves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chaves
- North Chaves is located in McKinley County
- South Chaves
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Chaves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chaves
- South Chaves is located in McKinley County
- Allison ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCune
- San Juan County
- County Website: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- Nearest Communities to Standing Rock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Standing Rock.
- Shillingburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shillingburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillingburg
- Shillingburg is located in San Juan County
- White Rock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- White Rock is located in San Juan County
- Lake Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
- Lake Valley is located in San Juan County
- Tsaya
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Naschitti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Sheep Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Springs
- Sheep Springs is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheep Springs <4>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Standing Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Standing Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8031, Longitude: -108.3609 In this case, the coordinates for Standing Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |