Bolinas, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bolinas, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 790 ft on Stewart Point
Elevation
790 ft 240 m590 ft 180 m490 ft 150 m300 ft 90 m98 ft 30 m0 ft 0 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

Bolinas sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 130–210 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on Stewart Point
Average
220 ft 65 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bolinas spans about 790 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Stewart Point
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bolinas
11 ft3 m
Average of all land220 ft65 m
Nearest peak
Mount Tamalpais, 4.8 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
2,576 ft785 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bolinas, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 790 ft on Stewart Point
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Marin County, California, United States
Population
1,483 2020 Census
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
255 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9094° N, 122.6864° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
94924
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. San Geronimo580 ft
  2. Lagunitas-Forest Knolls580 ft
  3. Woodacre490 ft
  4. Fairfax220 ft
  5. Muir Beach210 ft
  6. Ross170 ft
  7. Bolinas170 ft
  8. Mill Valley150 ft
  9. Kentfield130 ft
  10. San Anselmo120 ft
  11. Stinson Beach16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Veeder2,680 ft
  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Scarpet Peak1,930 ft
  • Vollmer Peak1,916 ft
  • Big Rock Ridge1,880 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.
  • Bolinas 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.