Garden City, ID Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garden City, Idaho, shaded from 2,580 ft on the northwest side to 2,710 ft near the middle
Elevation
2,710 ft 825 m2,680 ft 815 m2,660 ft 810 m2,630 ft 800 m2,600 ft 790 m2,580 ft 785 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.
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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

Garden City sits at about 2,610 ft (795 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,610 ft 795 m
most residents: 2,590–2,660 ft
Lowest
2,580 ft 785 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,710 ft 825 m
near the middle
Average
2,630 ft 800 m
all land inside city limits

Garden City spans about 130 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
2,610 ft795 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
2,710 ft825 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
2,580 ft785 m
Town center
USGS map point for Garden City
2,670 ft815 m
Airport (BOI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi south of the city limits
2,872 ft875 m
Average of all land2,630 ft800 m
Nearest peak
Shaw Mountain, 8.6 mi east of the city limits (NGS survey)
5,907 ft1,800 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garden City, Idaho, shaded from 2,580 ft on the northwest side to 2,710 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Ada County, Idaho, United States
Population
12,936 2024 est.
Land area
4.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
3,170 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6221° N, 116.2382° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Columbia Plateau
Drains to
Boise River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field (BOI) 2,872 ft
ZIP codes 1
83714
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Robie Creek3,930 ft
  2. Avimor3,300 ft
  3. Hidden Springs2,910 ft
  4. Boise City2,710 ft
  5. Kuna2,690 ft
  6. Garden City2,610 ft
  7. Meridian2,590 ft
  8. Eagle2,570 ft
  9. Nampa2,490 ft
  10. Star2,470 ft
  11. Middleton2,410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Shafer Butte7,595 ft
  • Mount Heinen6,347 ft
  • Warm Springs Point6,050 ft
  • Shaw Mountain5,907 ft
  • Grape Mountain5,880 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).
  • 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.