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Pine Springs, Arizona

Coordinates: 35°24′19″N 109°16′48″W / 35.40528°N 109.28000°W / 35.40528; -109.28000
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Pine Springs, Arizona
Pine Springs is located in Arizona
Pine Springs
Pine Springs
Location within the state of Arizona
Pine Springs is located in the United States
Pine Springs
Pine Springs
Pine Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°24′19″N 109°16′48″W / 35.40528°N 109.28000°W / 35.40528; -109.28000
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyApache
Elevation6,969 ft (2,124 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code928
FIPS code04-55850
GNIS feature ID9479[1]

Pine Springs is a populated place situated in Apache County, Arizona, United States.[2]

Pine Springs "sibling" town is Oak Springs. Pine Springs Road had been the main road to Window Rock before the interstate. It had a school, a trading post a log-constructed chapter house, and a Catholic mission. There is a copper deposit nearby that yields turquoise[3] used by local silversmiths. In 2009, the main dirt road to Pine Springs was paved with aspalt, connecting it to Interstate 40.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Springs, Arizona
  2. ^ "Pine Springs (in Apache County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Yurth, Cindy (14 November 2013). "Oak Springs and Pine Springs are siblings and sometimes rivals". Navajo Times. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ Brossy, Chee (8 January 2009). "Pine Springs residents anticipate paved road". Navajo Times. Retrieved 7 May 2024.