Garden City, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garden City, Kansas, shaded from 2,780 ft on the southeast side to 2,880 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,880 ft 880 m2,860 ft 870 m2,840 ft 865 m2,820 ft 860 m2,800 ft 850 m2,780 ft 850 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Garden City sits at about 2,840 ft (865 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,840 ft 865 m
most residents: 2,820–2,870 ft
Lowest
2,780 ft 850 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,880 ft 880 m
on the east side
Average
2,840 ft 865 m
all land inside city limits

Garden City spans about 100 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
2,840 ft865 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
2,880 ft880 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
2,780 ft850 m
Town center
USGS map point for Garden City
2,840 ft865 m
Airport (GCK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi east of the city limits
2,891 ft881 m
Average of all land2,840 ft865 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garden City, Kansas, shaded from 2,780 ft on the southeast side to 2,880 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Finney County, Kansas, United States
Population
27,996 2024 est.
Land area
11.2 sq mi
Density
2,499 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9717° N, 100.8727° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Garden City Regional (GCK) 2,891 ft
ZIP codes 1
67846
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Deerfield Township2,980 ft
  2. Deerfield2,970 ft
  3. Pleasant Valley Township, Finney County2,910 ft
  4. Terry Township2,900 ft
  5. Ivanhoe Township2,880 ft
  6. Sherlock Township2,880 ft
  7. Holcomb2,880 ft
  8. Garden City Township2,850 ft
  9. Garden City2,840 ft
  10. Pierceville Township2,840 ft
  11. Pierceville2,750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.