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Welcome to Fry Canyon ...

Fry Canyon is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fry Canyon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1957.

A typical abbreviation for Fry Canyon: Fry Cyn. (or less commonly used: Fry Canyn. or Fry Cnyn.)

Fry Canyon is 5,370 feet [1,637 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Fry Canyon is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Fry Canyon and travel south, 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 Fry Canyon: 435

Communities near Fry Canyon ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Fry Canyon.

  • White Canyon ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • White Canyon is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Canyon
  • Hite ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Village
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Indian Village is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Piute Farms ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Piute Farms is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute Farms

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fry Canyon ...

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

Adding Fry Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fry Canyon in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fry Canyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fry Canyon post office opened in 1957. The Fry Canyon post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fry Canyon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah'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 Fry Canyon - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/