THE GLEN ELLEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Napa-Sonoma-Lake Volcanic Highlands setting.
Glen Ellen CDP has 2.1 square miles of land in Sonoma County. Its Census reference point is in Napa-Sonoma-Lake Volcanic Highlands, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Glen Ellen and Sonoma County
Glen Ellen is associated with Sonoma County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Glen Ellen by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Glen Ellen, or 0% of its total area. It is 10.8 percentage points lower than the 10.9% recorded for Sonoma County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Glen Ellen CDP has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Eldridge CDP (0.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

