Elevation of Glendale
1,128ft
above sea level · 344 m
Glendale is a city in Arizona with 260,572 people, the 6th most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 18th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 33.54° N · 112.19° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 33° 32′ 19″ N · 112° 11′ 10″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 12S · 389,885 E · 3,711,634 N
- Zone 12 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Mountain Standard Time (no DST)
- UTC−7 all year: no daylight saving time
- Population (2025)
- 260,572 people
- 67.3 sq mi of land · 3,873 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from November 2021: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Glendale had 260,572 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 4.9% more than in April 2020, when it had 248,371. Its 67.3 sq mi of land work out to 3,873 people/sq mi; the state average is 67 people/sq mi.
It’s the 6th most populous of the 467 places the Census counts in Arizona (cities, towns and CDPs), after Phoenix (1,665,481), and holds 3.4% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Maricopa County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.4 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other big cities
Glendale sits at 1,128 ft (344 m) above sea level. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft). The average is 858 ft: Glendale is 270 ft above it.
The state capital, Phoenix, is 9.0 mi away in a straight line and 40 ft lower than Glendale.
Of the 6 cities in Arizona with a page, Glendale is the 2nd lowest. The others are Tucson (2,481 ft), Mesa (1,242 ft), Gilbert (1,236 ft), Chandler (1,214 ft), and Phoenix (1,088 ft).
The highest point in Arizona is Humphreys Peak, at 12,633 ft according to the USGS: 11,505 ft above Glendale, 128 mi away in a straight line.
- 18 Glendale 1,128 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Glendale.
What is the elevation of Glendale?
Glendale is 1,128 feet (344 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Glendale?
Latitude 33.53865 and longitude -112.18599, in decimal degrees (33° 32′ 19″ N · 112° 11′ 10″ W). In UTM, zone 12: 389,885 E and 3,711,634 N, on NAD83.
How does Glendale rank among the highest big cities?
It’s the 18th highest of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people. The highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft).
What county is Glendale in?
Maricopa County, Arizona.
Which is higher, Glendale or Phoenix?
Glendale. Glendale sits at 1,128 ft and Phoenix at 1,088 ft: a difference of 40 ft, 9.0 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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