Carefree, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carefree, Arizona, shaded from 2,020 ft on the west side to 3,370 ft on Black Mountain
Elevation
3,370 ft 1,030 m3,030 ft 925 m2,870 ft 875 m2,530 ft 770 m2,190 ft 665 m2,020 ft 615 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Carefree sits at about 2,410 ft (735 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,410 ft 735 m
most residents: 2,120–2,660 ft
Lowest
2,020 ft 615 m
on the west side
Highest
3,370 ft 1,030 m
on Black Mountain
Average
2,480 ft 755 m
all land inside town limits

Carefree spans about 1,350 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,410 ft735 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on Black Mountain
3,370 ft1,030 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
2,020 ft615 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carefree
2,390 ft730 m
Average of all land2,480 ft755 m
Nearest peak
Quien Sabe Peak, 5.4 mi north of the town limits
4,870 ft1,485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carefree, Arizona, shaded from 2,020 ft on the west side to 3,370 ft on Black Mountain
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Population
3,657 2024 est.
Land area
8.8 sq mi
Density
415 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8223° N, 111.9182° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Cave Creek → Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
85377
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carefree2,410 ft
  2. Cave Creek2,140 ft
  3. Black Canyon City2,030 ft
  4. New River1,900 ft
  5. Anthem1,870 ft
  6. Fountain Hills1,690 ft
  7. Rio Verde1,620 ft
  8. Scottsdale1,390 ft
  9. Paradise Valley1,350 ft
  10. Peoria1,210 ft
  11. Glendale1,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Benchmark Mountain5,920 ft
  • East Cedar Mountain5,431 ft
  • Quien Sabe Peak4,870 ft
  • East End3,930 ft
  • Camelback Mountain2,708 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.