Garland, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garland, Texas, shaded from 430 ft on the southeast side to 670 ft on the west side
Elevation
670 ft 205 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 175 m520 ft 160 m460 ft 140 m430 ft 130 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
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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

Garland sits at about 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
540 ft 165 m
most residents: 490–600 ft
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the southeast side
Highest
670 ft 205 m
on the west side
Average
530 ft 165 m
all land inside city limits

Garland spans about 240 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
540 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
670 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
430 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Garland
550 ft170 m
Airport (DAL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.6 mi west of the city limits
487 ft148 m
Average of all land530 ft165 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garland, Texas, shaded from 430 ft on the southeast side to 670 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Dallas and Collin counties, Texas, United States
Population
250,431 2024 est.
Land area
56.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
4,405 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.9126° N, 96.6389° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
East Fork Trinity River → Trinity River → Gulf of America
Airport
Dallas Love Field (DAL) 487 ft
ZIP codes 7
75040 75041 75042 75043 75044 75048 75089
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Plano690 ft
  2. Richardson620 ft
  3. Parker610 ft
  4. University Park570 ft
  5. Murphy570 ft
  6. St. Paul550 ft
  7. Garland540 ft
  8. Wylie530 ft
  9. Sachse530 ft
  10. Sunnyvale490 ft
  11. Rowlett480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chalk Hill, Dallas County660 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, 430 ft at 32.8354° N, 96.5729° 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. All public domain.