Bear Valley, Alpine County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,480 ft 2,585 m8,090 ft 2,465 m7,900 ft 2,405 m7,510 ft 2,290 m7,120 ft 2,170 m6,920 ft 2,110 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Bear Valley, Alpine County sits at about 7,250 ft (2,210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,250 ft 2,210 m
most residents: 7,080–7,350 ft
Lowest
6,920 ft 2,110 m
on the southwest side
Highest
8,480 ft 2,585 m
on the northwest side
Average
7,500 ft 2,285 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Bear Valley, Alpine County 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 7,250 ft2,210 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 8,480 ft2,585 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 6,920 ft2,110 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bear Valley, Alpine County | 7,080 ft2,160 m |
| Average of all land | 7,500 ft2,285 m |
| Nearest peak Peep Sight Peak, 9.1 mi east of the CDP boundary | 9,720 ft2,960 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,250 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.5 °F92.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.9 inHg (77.4 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Alpine County, California, United States
- Population
- 128 2020 Census
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Density
- 25 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.4646° N, 120.0399° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains
- Drains to
- Stanislaus River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 95223
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Kirkwood7,740 ft
- Bear Valley, Alpine County7,250 ft
- Alpine Village5,900 ft
- Markleeville5,880 ft
- Cold Springs, Tuolumne County5,550 ft
- Strawberry, Tuolumne County5,310 ft
- Long Barn4,980 ft
- Dorrington4,870 ft
- Arnold3,960 ft
- Avery3,440 ft
- Hathaway Pines3,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California7th highest of 1,622
- Towns in Alpine County2nd highest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Airola Peak9,920 ft
- Deadwood Peak, Alpine County9,830 ft
- Peep Sight Peak9,720 ft
- Dardanelles Cone9,527 ft
- Mokelumne Peak9,337 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Bear Valley, Alpine County 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.