5 JUNE 2024 --IN HONOR OF THE TAYLORSVILLE UTAH TEMPLE THAT WAS DEDICATED THREE DAYS AGO, HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE NEW TEMPLE
So, in considering where to move to, some people consider elevation or temple location (where there are Saints). I thought I'd combine the two ideas.
Some people are elevation-sensitive (in terms of high elevation and health). Different elevations contribute also to different climates and air quality.
Lower elevation is also in general, a higher flood or if close to the coast, a tsunami or hurricane risk (which drops a lot of water). Sometimes lower elevations see a lot more rainfall and general moisture.
Lower and warmer elevations can lead to more time in the sun (and maybe more skin cancer?). However, higher elevation may have less atmosphere or ozone to protect from the harmful rays.
Higher elevation may be a higher risk for excess snow and snow melting in the Spring.
High elevation living may also be a place of less air pollution (if less people live there and there aren't valleys to trap bad air). There might also be less radiation from cellphone towers and other types of manmade/used invisible particles. Higher elevation may give a nicer view. Or be quieter.
The scriptures say that in places, "the seas shall heave themselves beyond their bounds" (D&C 88:90); and "the islands shall flee away." (Revelation 16:20); Or the sea levels rising because of other causes.
So, everyone has their own criteria at what is the right elevation zone for health, price, future survival, family, or whatever!
This was a fun and interesting activity to look at the elevations of the LDS temples.
I'm going to start with the Highest Elevation temples! They are listed by temple name. Each category will be in alphabetical order of the temples. Sorry, that I won't have the foreign language accent marks on some of the letters.
Red: Announced or Initial planning commenced
Orange: Ground Breaking ceremony
Blue: Under Construction, or temporarily under Renovation*
Green: Will have Open House or Dedication/Rededication soon
Pink: Very highest or very low elevation
Black: Operating Temples
9000 - 12,000 Feet Elevation
Cusco Peru Temple 11,333 feet
La Paz Bolivia Temple 10,680 feet
7000 - 8999 Feet Elevation
Arequipa Peru Temple 7970 feet
Bogota Colombia Temple 8371 feet
Cochabamba Bolivia 8697 feet
Mexico City Benemerito Mexico Temple 7369 feet
Mexico City Mexico Temple 7305 feet
Monticello Utah Temple 7098 feet
Pachuca Mexico Temple 7789 feet
Puebla Mexico Temple 7002 feet
Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple 7958 feet
Quito Ecuador Temple 7864 feet
Toluca Mexico Temple 8695 feet
6000 - 6999 Feet Elevation
Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple 6163 feet
Nairobi Kenya Temple 6082 feet
San Luis Potosi Mexico Temple 6169 feet
Star Valley Wyoming Temple 6218 feet
5000 - 5999 Feet Elevation
Albuquerque New Mexico Temple 5729 feet
Bountiful Utah Temple 5160 feet
Casper Wyoming Temple 5348 feet
Cedar City Temple 5931 feet
Cody Wyoming Temple 5134 feet
Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple 5108 feet
Cuernavaca Mexico Temple 5158 feet
Denver Colorado Temple 5728 feet
Draper Utah Temple 5136 feet
Elko Nevada Temple 5133 feet
Ephraim Utah Temple 5567 feet
Farmington New Mexico Temple 5638 feet
Guadalajara Mexico Temple 5349 feet
Guatemala City Guatemala Temple 5148 feet
Heber Valley Utah Temple 5711 feet
Johannesburg South Africa Temple 5765 feet
Manti Utah Temple 5657 feet
Montpelier Idaho Temple 5968 feet
Oaxaca Mexico Temple 5040 feet
Queretaro Mexico Temple 5954 feet
Reno Nevada Temple 5196 feet
Rexburg Idaho Temple 5087 feet
Snowflake Arizona Temple 5746 feet
Vernal Utah Temple 5358 feet
West Jordan Temple (new temple announced) 5314 feet
4000 - 4999 Feet Elevation
Antananarivo Madagascar Temple 4089 feet
Brigham City Utah Temple 4454 feet
Burley Idaho Temple 4188 feet
Calgary Alberta Temple 4120 feet
Coban Guatemala Temple 4346 feet 9 June 2024
Deseret Peak Utah Temple 4603 feet
Fort Collins Colorado Temple 4921 feet
Grand Junction Colorado Temple 4692 feet
Harare Zimbabwe Temple 4990 feet
Idaho Falls Idaho Temple 4716 feet
Jordan River Utah Temple 4438 feet
Layton Utah Temple 4468 feet 16 June 2024
Lehi Utah Temple 4985 feet
Lindon Utah Temple 4817 feet
Logan Utah Temple 4632 feet
Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple 4074 feet
Miraflores Guatemala Temple 4953 feet
Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple 4764 feet
Ogden Utah Temple 4299 feet
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple 4783 feet
Orem Utah Temple 4539 feet
Payson Utah Temple 4691 feet
Pocatello Idaho Temple 4990 feet
Provo City Center Temple 4547 feet
*Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple 4876 feet Major Renovations
*Salt Lake City Temple 4335 feet Major Renovations
Saratoga Springs Utah Temple 4652 feet
Smithfield Utah Temple 4506 feet
Syracuse Utah Temple 4275 feet
Taylorsville Utah Temple 4335 feet
Teton River Idaho Temple 4876 feet
3000 - 3999 Feet Elevation
Billings Montana Temple 3444 feet
Brasilia Brazil Temple 3387 feet
Cali Colombia Temple 3167 feet
Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple 3709 feet
Cardston Alberta Temple 3780 feet
Curitiba Brazil Temple 3145 feet
Helena Montana Temple 3768 feet
Lethbridge Alberta Temple 3074 feet
Lubbock Texas Temple 3293 feet
Salta Argentina Temple 3982 feet 16 June 2024
San Jose Costa Rica Temple 3108 feet
Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple 3498 feet
Torreon Mexico Temple 3726 feet
Twin Falls Idaho Temple 3676 feet
2000 - 2999 Feet Elevation
Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple 2741 feet
Bengaluru India Temple 2958 feet
Boise Idaho Temple 2754 feet
Campinas Brazil Temple 2446 feet
Caracas Venezuela Temple 2865 feet
Edmonton Alberta Temple 2205 feet
Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple 2092 feet
Lone Mountain Nevada Temple 2557 feet
Madrid Spain Temple 2236 feet
Mendoza Argentina Temple 2832 feet
Meridian Idaho Temple 2563 feet
Red Cliffs Utah Temple 2618 feet
Ribeirao Preto Brazil Temple 2011 feet Ground breaking soon
San Salvador El Salvador Temple 2710 feet
Sao Paulo Brazil Temple 2416 feet
Sao Paulo East Brazil Temple 2564 feet
Spokane Washington Temple 2023 feet
Saint George Utah Temple 2679 feet
The Gila Valley Arizona Temple 2893 feet
Tucson Arizona Temple 2764 feet
1000 - 1999 Feet Elevation
Atlanta Georgia Temple 1092 feet
Bentonville Arkansas Temple 1268 feet
Bern Switzerland Temple 1878 feet
Bismark North Dakota Temple 1850 feet
Cordoba Argentina Temple 1440 feet
Freiburg Germany Temple 1400 feet
Gilbert Arizona Temple 1296 feet
Las Vegas Nevada Temple 1946 feet
Londrina Brazil Temple 1813 feet
Mesa Arizona Temple 1240 feet
Monterrey Mexico Temple 1960 feet
Moses Lake Washington Temple 1157 feet
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple 1202 feet
Phoenix Arizona Temple 1388 feet
Pittsburg Pennsylvania Temple 1076 feet
Redlands California Temple 1722 feet
Regina Saskatchewan Temple 1889 feet
San Antonio Texas Temple 1225 feet
Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple 1321 feet Ground-breaking soon
Santiago Chile Temple 1950 feet
Santiago West Chile Temple 1579 feet
Saint Paul Minnesota Temple 1043 feet
Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico Temple 1883 feet
Wichita Kansas Temple 1327 feet
Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple 1158 feet
500 - 999 Feet Elevation
Austin Texas Temple 897 feet Ground-breaking soon
Barcelona Spain Temple 573 feet
Birmingham Alabama Temple 662 feet
Charlotte North Carolina Temple 705 feet
Chicago Illinois Temple 685 feet
Cincinnati Ohio Temple 883 feet
Cleveland Ohio Temple 733 feet
Columbia River Washington Temple 538 feet
Columbus Ohio Temple 858 feet
Dallas Texas Temple 617 feet
Des Moines Iowa Temple 914 feet
Detroit Michigan Temple 796 feet
Fort Worth Texas Temple 768 feet
Frankfurt Germany Temple 669 feet
Grand Rapids Michigan Temple 786 feet
Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple 758 feet
Indianapolis Indiana Temple 849 feet
Kansas City Missouri Temple 875 feet
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple 914 feet
Knoxville Tennessee Temple 989 feet
Kumasi Ghana Temple 918 feet
Kyiv Ukraine Temple 562 feet
Lima Peru Temple 812 feet
Louisville Kentucky Temple 785 feet
Managua Nicaragua Temple 817 feet
McKinney Texas Temple 656 feet
Nashville Tennessee Temple 653 feet
Nauvoo Illinois Temple 650 feet
Oakland California Temple 664 feet
Palmyra New York Temple 578 feet
Port-Au-Prince Haiti Temple 674 feet
Seattle Washington Temple 412 feet
Saint Louis Missouri Temple 518 feet
*Toronto Ontario Temple 797 feet Temporarily closed
Vienna Austria Temple 616 feet
Winchester Virginia Temple 820 feet
Winnipeg Manitoba Temple 766 feet
200 - 499 Feet Elevation
*Anchorage Alaska Temple 205 feet Renovations
Asuncion Paraguay Temple 356 feet
Bakersfield California Temple 366 feet
Benin City Nigeria Temple 258 feet
Birmingham England Temple 314 feet
Boston Massachusetts Temple 331 feet
Budapest Hungary Temple 474 feet
Columbia South Carolina Temple 307 feet
Durban South Africa Temple 337 feet
Fortaleza Brazil Temple 202 feet
Fresno California Temple 319 feet
Halifax Nova Scotia Temple 209 feet
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple 493 feet
Iquitos Peru Temple 317 feet
Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple 332 feet
Los Angeles California Temple 289 feet
Maceio Brazil Temple 229 feet
*Melbourne Australia Temple 314 feet Temporarily closed
Memphis Tennessee Temple 323 feet
Osaka Japan Temple 290 feet
Paris France Temple 390 feet
Portland Oregon Temple 235 feet
Porto Alegre Brazil Temple 307 feet
Preston England Temple 361 feet
Raleigh North Carolina Temple 447 feet
*Richmond Virginia Temple 280 feet Closing soon
Sacramento California Temple 257 feet
*San Diego California Temple 338 feet Renovations
*San Juan Puerto Rico Temple 223 feet Closing soon
San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple 324 feet Open h. 12 Sept '24
Suva Fiji Temple 308 feet
Sydney Australia Temple 418 feet
Tallahassee Florida Temple 204 feet
Teresina Brazil Temple 213 feet
Vancouver British Columbia Temple 251 feet
Vancouver Washington Temple 267 feet
Washington DC Temple 289 feet
Willamette Valley Oregon Temple 429 feet
Yigo Guam Temple 487 feet
Yorba Linda California Temple 361 feet
100 - 199 Feet Elevation
Aba Nigeria Temple 192 feet
Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple 173 feet
Accra Ghana Temple 131 feet
Adelaide Australia Temple 137 feet
Auckland New Zealand Temple 196 feet
Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple 134 feet
Barranquilla Colombia Temple 174 feet
Cebu City Philippines Temple 194 feet
Hamilton New Zealand Temple 131 feet
Hartford Connecticut Temple 179 feet
Hong Kong China Temple 102 feet
Houston Texas Temple 116 feet
*Kona Hawaii Temple 198 feet Renovations
London England Temple 196 feet
Manaus Brazil Temple 106 feet
Manila Philippines Temple 167 feet
McAllen Texas Temple 107 feet
Natal Brazil Temple 129 feet
Neiafu Tonga Temple 101 feet
Newport Beach California Temple 196 feet
Okinawa Japan Temple 141 feet
*Orlando Florida Temple 193 feet Closing for Renov. 1 July 2024
Oslo Norway Temple 110 feet
Panama City Panama Temple 121 feet
Rome Italy Temple 167 feet
San Jose California Temple 181 feet
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple 132 feet
*Stockholm Sweden Temple 138 feet Renovations
Tijuana Mexico Temple 172 feet
Trujillo Peru Temple 126 feet
0 - 99 Feet Elevation
Alabang Philippines Temple 57 feet
Antofagasta Chile Temple 66 feet Near Open House
Apia Samoa Temple 36 feet
Bacolod Philippines Temple 93 feet
Bangkok Thailand Temple 12 feet
Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple 18 feet
Beira Mozambique Temple 14 feet
Belem Brazil Temple 39 feet
Brisbane Australia Temple 76 feet
Buenos Aires Argentina Temple 42 feet
Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple 28 feet
Cape Town South Africa Temple 27 feet
Concepcion Chile Temple 56 feet
Copenhagen Denmark Temple 27 feet
Davao Philippines Temple 68 feet
Feather River California Temple 60 feet
Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple 5 feet
Freetown Sierra Leone Temple 97 feet
Fukuoka Japan Temple 81 feet
Guayaquil Ecuador Temple 58 feet
Helsinki Finland Temple 87 feet
Jacksonville Florida Temple 18 feet
Jakarta Indonesia Temple 68 feet
Joao Pessoa Brazil Temple 10 feet
Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple 28 feet
Lagos Nigeria Temple 5 feet
Laie Hawaii Temple 29 feet
Lisbon Portugal Temple 45 feet
*Manhattan New York Temple 80 feet Renovations
Merida Mexico Temple 34 feet
Modesto California Temple 81 feet
Montevideo Uruguay Temple 41 feet
Montreal Quebec Temple 46 feet
Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple 49 feet
Pago Pago American Samoa Temple 61 feet
Papeete Tahiti Temple 71 feet
Perth Australia Temple 92 feet
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple 32 feet
Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple 35 feet
Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple 82 feet
Port Vila Vanuatu Temple 64 feet
Praia Cape Verde Temple 17 feet
Recife Brazil Temple 15 feet
Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple 9 feet
Salvador Brazil Temple 82 feet Open House 22 Aug 2024
Santos Brazil Temple 11 feet
Sapporo Japan Temple 65 feet
Savai'i Samoa Temple 88 feet
Seoul Korea Temple 83 feet
Singapore Temple 18 feet
Tacloban City Philippines Temple 26 feet
Taipei Taiwan Temple 16 feet
Tampa Florida Temple 24 feet
Tampico Mexico Temple 73 feet
Tarawa Kiribati Temple 25 feet
Tokyo Japan Temple 80 feet
Urdaneta Philippines Temple 93 feet
Veracruz Mexico Temple 48 feet
Villahermosa Mexico Temple 62 feet
Vina Del Mar Chile Temple 52 feet
Vitoria Brazil Temple 0.2 feet
Wellington New Zealand Temple 70 feet
Below Sea Level (-0) Feet Elevation Can you believe it? Yes! There is one!
The Hague Netherlands Temple -3.5 feet
Other Temples Announced / with unknown or uncertain status
Russia Temple
Budapest Hungary Temple
Shanghai People's Republic of China Temple
Dubai United Arab Emirates Temple
Brussels Belgium Temple
Monrovia Liberia Temple
Culiacan Mexico Temple
Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Temple
Missoula Montana Temple
Busan Korea
Naga Philippines Temple
Santiago Philippines
Eket Nigeria
Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple
Chicaylo Peru Temple
Tula Mexico Temple
Tacoma Washington Temple
Iloilo Philippines Temple
Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple
Hamburg Germany Temple
Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple
Springfield Missouri Temple
Laoag Philippines
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Temple
Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
Luanda Angola Temple
Calabar Nigeria Temple
Cape Coast Ghana Temple
Goiania Brazil Temple
Huancayo Peru Temple
Roanoke Virginia Temple
Piura Peru Temple
Cancun Mexico Temple
Tulsa Oklahoma Temple
Colorado Springs Colorado Temple
Fairbanks Alaska Temple
Kahului Hawaii Temple
Edinburgh Scotland Temple
Florianopolis Brazil Temple
Rosario Argentina Temple
Maracaibo Venezuela Temple
Houston Texas South Temple
Chihuahua Mexico Temple
Yuma Arizona Temple
Victoria British Columbia Temple
Uturoa French Polynesia Temple
Honolulu Hawaii Temple
Credit for the names of the temples, statuses, and the elevations, goes to --
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/ (various URLs from that website).
However, I myself organized the lists into categories of elevations, for analysis of my own.