Blackhawk, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blackhawk, California, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 1,510 ft at the foot of the Black Hills
Elevation
1,510 ft 460 m1,280 ft 390 m1,160 ft 355 m930 ft 285 m700 ft 215 m590 ft 180 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.
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

Blackhawk sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 720–950 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the west side
Highest
1,510 ft 460 m
at the foot of the Black Hills
Average
880 ft 270 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Blackhawk spans about 920 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
900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Black Hills
1,510 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Blackhawk
1,010 ft305 m
Average of all land880 ft270 m
Nearest peak
Mount Diablo, 3.1 mi north of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
3,864 ft1,178 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blackhawk, California, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 1,510 ft at the foot of the Black Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Contra Costa County, California, United States
Population
9,637 2020 Census
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
1,669 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8208° N, 121.9077° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
94506
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Norris Canyon1,270 ft
  2. Blackhawk900 ft
  3. Camino Tassajara740 ft
  4. Diablo600 ft
  5. San Ramon550 ft
  6. Danville490 ft
  7. Clayton490 ft
  8. Alamo430 ft
  9. Dublin380 ft
  10. North Gate270 ft
  11. San Miguel250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Diablo3,864 ft
  • Mount Allison2,664 ft
  • Sunol Peak2,191 ft
  • Rocky Ridge2,020 ft
  • Vollmer Peak1,916 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.
  • Blackhawk 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.