Phoenix, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,860 ft 870 m2,380 ft 725 m2,140 ft 650 m1,660 ft 505 m1,170 ft 355 m930 ft 285 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Phoenix sits at about 1,190 ft (360 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,190 ft 360 m
most residents: 1,050–1,470 ft
Lowest
930 ft 285 m
on the west side
Highest
2,860 ft 870 m
on the north side
Average
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside city limits
Phoenix spans about 1,930 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 | 1,190 ft360 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 2,860 ft870 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 930 ft285 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Phoenix | 1,090 ft330 m |
| Airport (PHX) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 1,135 ft346 m |
| Average of all land | 1,390 ft425 m |
| Nearest peak East End, 6.5 mi northeast of the city limits | 3,930 ft1,200 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
27 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 1,673,164 2024 est.
- Land area
- 518.5 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,227 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1,135 ft
- ZIP codes 58
58 ZIP codes
85003 85004 85006 85007 85008 85009 85012 85013 85014 85015 85016 85017 85018 85019 85020 85021 85022 85023 85024 85026 85027 85028 85029 85031 85032 85033 85034 85035 85037 85040 85041 85042 85043 85044 85045 85048 85050 85051 85053 85054 85083 85085 85086 85087 85251 85253 85254 85255 85266 85304 85306 85307 85308 85310 85331 85339 85353 85383
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Scottsdale1,390 ft
- Paradise Valley1,350 ft
- Guadalupe1,240 ft
- Phoenix1,190 ft
- Tempe1,180 ft
- Glendale1,170 ft
- Komatke1,060 ft
- Gila Crossing1,040 ft
- St. Johns, Maricopa County1,030 ft
- Tolleson1,020 ft
- Maricopa Colony980 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona398th highest of 467
- Towns in Maricopa County24th highest of 44
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Benchmark Mountain5,920 ft
- Quien Sabe Peak4,870 ft
- East End3,930 ft
- Camelback Mountain2,708 ft
- Mount Suappoa2,703 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 930 ft at 33.4138° N, 112.1668° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.