Elevation

Elevation of Amarillo

3,670ft

above sea level · 1,119 m

Amarillo is a city in Texas with 205,130 people, the 17th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 17th highest.

By the Mapsfera Team

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Place facts

Coordinates: 35.22° N · 101.83° W; In degrees, minutes and seconds: 35° 13′ 19″ N · 101° 49′ 53″ W
UTM coordinates: 14S · 242,304 E · 3,901,336 N; Zone 14 · NAD83, the official US datum
County: Potter County; The city spans 2 counties; its reference point is in this one
State: Texas; TX · capital: Austin
Time zone: Central Time; UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
Population (2025): 205,130 people; 106 sq mi of land · 1,934 people/sq mi
Elevation model: USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid; Lidar from April 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.

Population

Amarillo had 205,130 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.4% more than in April 2020, when it had 200,411. Its 106 sq mi of land work out to 1,934 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.

It’s the 17th most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 0.6% of the state’s population.

The city spreads across 2 counties. By population: Randall County (106,621) and Potter County (98,509). Its reference point, where we measure the elevation, is in Potter County.

Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000

Amarillo sits at 3,670 ft (1,119 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: Amarillo is 2,808 ft above it.

The state capital, Austin, is 417 mi away in a straight line and 3,183 ft lower than Amarillo.

The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Lubbock, 114 mi away in a straight line and 467 ft lower.

Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, Amarillo is the 2nd highest: the highest is El Paso (3,713 ft) and the lowest is Corpus Christi (7 ft).

The highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 ft according to the USGS: 5,079 ft above Amarillo, 289 mi away in a straight line.

15 Salt Lake City 4,264 ft
16 Las Cruces 3,910 ft
17 Amarillo 3,670 ft
18 Bend 3,625 ft
19 Hesperia 3,178 ft

Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list

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Frequently asked questions

What people most often ask about the elevation of Amarillo.

What is the elevation of Amarillo?

Amarillo is 3,670 feet (1,119 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 Amarillo?

Latitude 35.22200 and longitude -101.83130, in decimal degrees (35° 13′ 19″ N · 101° 49′ 53″ W). In UTM, zone 14: 242,304 E and 3,901,336 N, on NAD83.

How does Amarillo rank among the highest US cities of its size?

It’s the 17th 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 Amarillo in?

Several: Randall County and Potter County. Most of its people live in Randall County.

Which is higher, Amarillo or Austin?

Amarillo. Amarillo sits at 3,670 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 3,183 ft, 417 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.
Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).

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