Fountain Hills, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fountain Hills, Arizona, shaded from 1,500 ft on the south side to 3,170 ft at the foot of the McDowell Mountains
Elevation
3,170 ft 965 m2,750 ft 840 m2,540 ft 775 m2,130 ft 650 m1,710 ft 520 m1,500 ft 460 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

Fountain Hills sits at about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,570–1,920 ft
Lowest
1,500 ft 460 m
on the south side
Highest
3,170 ft 965 m
at the foot of the McDowell Mountains
Average
1,840 ft 560 m
all land inside town limits

Fountain Hills spans about 1,670 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
1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the McDowell Mountains
3,170 ft965 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
1,500 ft460 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fountain Hills
1,610 ft490 m
Average of all land1,840 ft560 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fountain Hills, Arizona, shaded from 1,500 ft on the south side to 3,170 ft at the foot of the McDowell Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Population
23,696 2024 est.
Land area
20.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,168 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6117° N, 111.7174° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Salt River → Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
85268
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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. Fountain Hills1,690 ft
  4. Apache Junction1,680 ft
  5. Rio Verde1,620 ft
  6. Scottsdale1,390 ft
  7. Paradise Valley1,350 ft
  8. Gilbert1,280 ft
  9. Mesa1,280 ft
  10. Guadalupe1,240 ft
  11. Tempe1,180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Diamond Mountain5,110 ft
  • The Flatiron4,960 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.