Paradise Valley, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,710 ft 825 m2,340 ft 715 m2,160 ft 655 m1,790 ft 545 m1,420 ft 435 m1,240 ft 380 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Paradise Valley sits at about 1,350 ft (410 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,350 ft 410 m
most residents: 1,310–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the west side
Highest
2,708 ft 825 m
on Camelback Mountain
Average
1,400 ft 430 m
all land inside town limits
Paradise Valley spans about 1,470 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,350 ft410 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on Camelback Mountain | 2,708 ft825 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 1,240 ft380 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Paradise Valley | 1,340 ft410 m |
| Airport (PHX) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi southwest of the town limits | 1,135 ft346 m |
| Average of all land | 1,400 ft430 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 12,523 2024 est.
- Land area
- 15.4 sq mi
- Density
- 814 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.5312° N, 111.9426° 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
- Airport
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1,135 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 85253
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Fountain Hills1,690 ft
- Scottsdale1,390 ft
- Paradise Valley1,350 ft
- Gilbert1,280 ft
- Mesa1,280 ft
- Guadalupe1,240 ft
- Peoria1,210 ft
- Chandler1,210 ft
- Phoenix1,190 ft
- Tempe1,180 ft
- Glendale1,170 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona378th highest of 467
- Towns in Maricopa County15th highest of 44
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Quien Sabe Peak4,870 ft
- East End3,930 ft
- Santan Mountain2,980 ft
- Camelback Mountain2,708 ft
- Mount Suappoa2,703 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.