Ahwahnee, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ahwahnee, California, shaded from 1,890 ft on the southwest side to 3,220 ft at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
Elevation
3,220 ft 980 m2,880 ft 880 m2,720 ft 830 m2,380 ft 725 m2,050 ft 625 m1,890 ft 575 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ahwahnee sits at about 2,200 ft (670 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,200 ft 670 m
most residents: 2,110–2,430 ft
Lowest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,220 ft 980 m
at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
Average
2,320 ft 710 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Ahwahnee spans about 1,330 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,200 ft670 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
3,220 ft980 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,890 ft575 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ahwahnee
2,330 ft710 m
Average of all land2,320 ft710 m
Nearest peak
Deadwood Peak, Madera County, 1.3 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
4,543 ft1,385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ahwahnee, California, shaded from 1,890 ft on the southwest side to 3,220 ft at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Madera County, California, United States
Population
2,296 2020 Census
Land area
11.5 sq mi
Density
199 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.3655° N, 119.7263° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Fresno River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
93601 93644
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fish Camp5,090 ft
  2. Wawona4,150 ft
  3. Bass Lake3,480 ft
  4. North Fork3,000 ft
  5. Nipinnawasee3,000 ft
  6. Oakhurst2,830 ft
  7. Bootjack2,310 ft
  8. Coarsegold2,230 ft
  9. Ahwahnee2,200 ft
  10. Mariposa2,170 ft
  11. Yosemite Lakes1,290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Iron Mountain9,170 ft
  • Shuteye Peak8,373 ft
  • Goat Mountain, Madera County4,960 ft
  • Deadwood Peak, Madera County4,543 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Ahwahnee is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.