Sun City, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sun City, Arizona, shaded from 1,070 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m1,210 ft 370 m1,180 ft 360 m1,140 ft 345 m1,100 ft 335 m1,070 ft 325 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sun City sits at about 1,170 ft (355 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,170 ft 355 m
most residents: 1,120–1,220 ft
Lowest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the south side
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the north side
Average
1,170 ft 355 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Sun City spans about 180 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
1,170 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,070 ft325 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sun City
1,140 ft350 m
Airport (GEU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi south of the CDP boundary
1,071 ft326 m
Average of all land1,170 ft355 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sun City, Arizona, shaded from 1,070 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Population
39,931 2020 Census
Land area
14.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,770 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.5975° N, 112.2718° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Glendale Regional (GEU) 1,071 ft
ZIP codes 2
85351 85373
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sun City West1,260 ft
  2. Surprise1,240 ft
  3. Peoria1,210 ft
  4. Glendale1,170 ft
  5. Sun City1,170 ft
  6. Citrus Park1,150 ft
  7. El Mirage1,130 ft
  8. Youngtown1,120 ft
  9. Litchfield Park1,030 ft
  10. Tolleson1,020 ft
  11. Avondale990 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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 CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Sun City is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.