Elevation of Fullerton
164ft
above sea level · 50 m
Fullerton is a city in California with 138,675 people, the 42nd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 87th lowest.
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 33.87° N · 117.93° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 33° 52′ 13″ N · 117° 55′ 31″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 11S · 414,416 E · 3,748,160 N
- Zone 11 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
- UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 138,675 people
- 22.4 sq mi of land · 6,185 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from November 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Fullerton had 138,675 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 3.5% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 143,720. Its 22.4 sq mi of land work out to 6,185 people/sq mi; the state average is 253 people/sq mi.
It’s the 42nd most populous of the 1,617 places the Census counts in California (cities, towns and CDPs), after Los Angeles (3,869,089), and holds 0.4% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Orange County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.1 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Fullerton sits at 164 ft (50 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: Fullerton is 698 ft below it.
The state capital, Sacramento, is 381 mi away in a straight line and 137 ft lower than Fullerton.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Anaheim, 2.5 mi away in a straight line and 5 ft lower.
Of the 75 cities in California with a page, Fullerton is the 36th lowest: the highest is Hesperia (3,178 ft) and the lowest is Stockton (12 ft).
The highest point in California is Mount Whitney, at 14,494 ft according to the USGS: 14,330 ft above Fullerton, 188 mi away in a straight line.
- 162 Fullerton 164 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Fullerton.
What is the elevation of Fullerton?
Fullerton is 164 feet (50 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 Fullerton?
Latitude 33.87029 and longitude -117.92534, in decimal degrees (33° 52′ 13″ N · 117° 55′ 31″ W). In UTM, zone 11: 414,416 E and 3,748,160 N, on NAD83.
How does Fullerton rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 87th lowest 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 Fullerton in?
Orange County, California.
Which is higher, Fullerton or Sacramento?
Fullerton. Fullerton sits at 164 ft and Sacramento at 27 ft: a difference of 137 ft, 381 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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