Elevation of Arvada
5,349ft
above sea level · 1,630 m
Arvada is a city in Colorado with 122,901 people, the 7th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 3rd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 39.80° N · 105.09° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 48′ 10″ N · 105° 5′ 15″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 13S · 492,511 E · 4,405,870 N
- Zone 13 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Mountain Time
- UTC−7 · UTC−6 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 122,901 people
- 39.0 sq mi of land · 3,151 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from February 2021: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Arvada had 122,901 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 1.2% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 124,343. Its 39.0 sq mi of land work out to 3,151 people/sq mi; the state average is 58 people/sq mi.
It’s the 7th most populous of the 482 places the Census counts in Colorado (cities, towns and CDPs), after Denver (740,613), and holds 2.0% of the state’s population.
The city spreads across 2 counties. By population: Jefferson County (120,108) and Adams County (2,793). Its reference point, where we measure the elevation, is in Jefferson County.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Arvada sits at 5,349 ft (1,630 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: Arvada is 4,487 ft above it.
The state capital, Denver, is 7.0 mi away in a straight line and 73 ft lower than Arvada.
Of the 12 cities in Colorado with a page, Arvada is the 5th highest: the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is Greeley (4,674 ft).
The highest point in Colorado is Mount Elbert, at 14,433 ft according to the USGS: 9,084 ft above Arvada, 87 mi away in a straight line.
- 3 Arvada 5,349 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Arvada.
What is the elevation of Arvada?
Arvada is 5,349 feet (1,630 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 Arvada?
Latitude 39.80276 and longitude -105.08748, in decimal degrees (39° 48′ 10″ N · 105° 5′ 15″ W). In UTM, zone 13: 492,511 E and 4,405,870 N, on NAD83.
How does Arvada rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 3rd 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 Arvada in?
Several: Jefferson County and Adams County. Most of its people live in Jefferson County.
Which is higher, Arvada or Denver?
Arvada. Arvada sits at 5,349 ft and Denver at 5,276 ft: a difference of 73 ft, 7.0 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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