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Welcome to Union Hill ...

Union Hill is located in Grant County<1>.

Union Hill is 6,530 feet [1,990 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Union Hill is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Union Hill, 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 Union Hill: 575

Communities Also Named Union Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Union Hill - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas (4), California (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Louisiana (2), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (7) and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Union Hill.

Communities near Union Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Union Hill.

  • Silver City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bayard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Central
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Central is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Santa Clara
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Santa Clara is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
  • Hurley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cobre
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cobre is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
  • Fort Bayard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Vanadium
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vanadium is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
  • Mimbres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Arenas Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arenas Valley is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Union Hill ...

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

Footnotes ...

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