Atascadero, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Atascadero, California, shaded from 750 ft on the northwest side to 2,310 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,310 ft 705 m1,920 ft 585 m1,730 ft 525 m1,340 ft 410 m950 ft 290 m750 ft 230 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Atascadero sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 860–1,070 ft
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,310 ft 705 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside city limits

Atascadero spans about 1,560 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
2,310 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
750 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Atascadero
880 ft265 m
Average of all land1,060 ft325 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Atascadero, California, shaded from 750 ft on the northwest side to 2,310 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Population
29,743 2024 est.
Land area
26.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,141 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4894° N, 120.6707° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Salinas River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
93422
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Creston1,120 ft
  2. Santa Margarita1,010 ft
  3. Garden Farms960 ft
  4. Atascadero940 ft
  5. Whitley Gardens920 ft
  6. Templeton830 ft
  7. El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)800 ft
  8. California Polytechnic State University390 ft
  9. San Luis Obispo240 ft
  10. Morro Bay73 ft
  11. Cayucos57 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Machesna Mountain4,060 ft
  • Pine Mountain, San Luis Obispo County3,580 ft
  • Hi Mountain3,190 ft
  • Pine Ridge, San Luis Obispo County3,190 ft
  • Williams Hill2,810 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.