THE MOUNTLAKE TERRACE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Puget Lowland setting.
Mountlake Terrace city has 4.06 square miles of land in Snohomish County. Its Census reference point is in Central Puget Lowland, within Puget Lowland.
A glacial lowland surrounds Puget Sound with islands, bays, peninsulas and rolling terrain. Moraines, outwash plains and river terraces create a varied setting beneath the region's maritime climate.
Regional context: Puget Lowland ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mountlake Terrace and Snohomish County
Mountlake Terrace is associated with Snohomish 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.
Mountlake Terrace by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Mountlake Terrace, or 2.5% of its total area. It is 2.5 percentage points lower than the 5% recorded for Snohomish County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mountlake Terrace city has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Brier city (2.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

