Elevation of Fayetteville, Arkansas
1,407ft
above sea level · 429 m
Fayetteville is a city in Arkansas with 106,623 people, the 2nd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 37th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 36.06° N · 94.16° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 3′ 45″ N · 94° 9′ 27″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 15S · 395,764 E · 3,991,509 N
- Zone 15 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 106,623 people
- 54.8 sq mi of land · 1,947 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from December 2014: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Fayetteville had 106,623 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 13% more than in April 2020, when it had 94,309. Its 54.8 sq mi of land work out to 1,947 people/sq mi; the state average is 60 people/sq mi.
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 626 places the Census counts in Arkansas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Little Rock (206,427), and holds 3.4% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Washington County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.8 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Fayetteville sits at 1,407 ft (429 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Fayetteville is 545 ft above it.
The state capital, Little Rock, is 139 mi away in a straight line and 1,070 ft lower than Fayetteville.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Tulsa (Oklahoma), 103 mi away in a straight line and 685 ft lower.
The highest point in Arkansas is Magazine Mountain, at 2,753 ft according to the USGS: 1,346 ft above Fayetteville, 68 mi away in a straight line.
- 37 Fayetteville 1,407 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Fayetteville.
What is the elevation of Fayetteville?
Fayetteville is 1,407 feet (429 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 Fayetteville?
Latitude 36.06258 and longitude -94.15743, in decimal degrees (36° 3′ 45″ N · 94° 9′ 27″ W). In UTM, zone 15: 395,764 E and 3,991,509 N, on NAD83.
How does Fayetteville rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 37th highest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Fayetteville in?
Washington County, Arkansas.
Which is higher, Fayetteville or Little Rock?
Fayetteville. Fayetteville sits at 1,407 ft and Little Rock at 337 ft: a difference of 1,070 ft, 139 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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