Rock Springs, New Mexico

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Rock Springs is located within the Navajo Nation.

Rock Springs is located in McKinley County.

Typical abbreviation for Rock Springs: Rock Spgs. (or less commonly used: Rock Spngs. or Rock Sprngs.)

Rock Springs is 2,000 feet [609.6 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Rock Springs lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Rock Springs can be found in:

While we we don't have population counts for Rock Springs, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Rock Springs).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008<4> Population	Change Since 2000
	Fort Defiance (AZ)	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Saint Michaels (AZ)	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Window Rock (AZ)	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Brimhall Nizhoni	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Church Rock	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Gallup	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	19,979	1.14% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Rock Springs.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<5>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rock Springs. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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