Maricopa County, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Maricopa County, Arizona, shaded from 430 ft on the west side to 7,659 ft on Four Peaks
Elevation
7,660 ft 2,335 m5,850 ft 1,785 m4,950 ft 1,510 m3,140 ft 955 m1,330 ft 405 m430 ft 130 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Maricopa County averages about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 430 ft on the west side to 7,659 ft on Four Peaks.

Average elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,659 ft 2,335 m
on Four Peaks
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the west side

Maricopa County spans about 7,230 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Four Peaks (NGS survey height)
7,659 ft2,335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
430 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

58 mi south to north through Phoenix.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Maricopa County, Arizona, shaded from 430 ft on the west side to 7,659 ft on Four Peaks
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Arizona, United States
Population
4,673,096 2024 est.
Land area
9,202.0 sq mi + 23.9 sq mi water
Density
508 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Gulf of California
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Gila County4,640 ft
  2. Yavapai County4,460 ft
  3. Pima County2,650 ft
  4. Pinal County2,330 ft
  5. Maricopa County1,640 ft
  6. La Paz County1,360 ft
  7. Yuma County860 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Ord7,120 ft
  • Mound Mountain6,268 ft
  • Diamond Mountain5,110 ft
  • Quien Sabe Peak4,870 ft
  • Bronco Butte4,300 ft
All 45 towns in Maricopa County by typical elevation
  1. Carefree2,410 ft
  2. Kaka2,260 ft
  3. Wickenburg2,200 ft
  4. Aguila2,170 ft
  5. Cave Creek2,140 ft
  6. Morristown2,000 ft
  7. New River1,900 ft
  8. Anthem1,870 ft
  9. Circle City1,860 ft
  10. Fountain Hills1,690 ft
  11. Wittmann1,680 ft
  12. Apache Junction partly1,680 ft
  13. Rio Verde1,620 ft
  14. Queen Creek1,410 ft
  15. Scottsdale1,390 ft
  16. Paradise Valley1,350 ft
  17. Gilbert1,280 ft
  18. Mesa1,280 ft
  19. Sun City West1,260 ft
  20. Guadalupe1,240 ft
  21. Surprise1,240 ft
  22. Peoria1,210 ft
  23. Chandler1,210 ft
  24. Sun Lakes1,190 ft
  25. Phoenix1,190 ft
  26. Tempe1,180 ft
  27. Glendale1,170 ft
  28. Sun City1,170 ft
  29. Citrus Park1,150 ft
  30. El Mirage1,130 ft
  31. Youngtown1,120 ft
  32. Tonopah1,100 ft
  33. Komatke1,060 ft
  34. Buckeye1,050 ft
  35. Gila Crossing1,040 ft
  36. Litchfield Park1,030 ft
  37. St. Johns, Maricopa County1,030 ft
  38. Tolleson1,020 ft
  39. Goodyear1,000 ft
  40. Wintersburg1,000 ft
  41. Avondale990 ft
  42. Maricopa Colony980 ft
  43. Arlington820 ft
  44. Theba730 ft
  45. Gila Bend730 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.