Buck Meadows, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buck Meadows, California, shaded from 2,880 ft on the southwest side to 3,310 ft at the foot of the Gravel Range
Elevation
3,310 ft 1,010 m3,200 ft 975 m3,150 ft 960 m3,040 ft 925 m2,930 ft 895 m2,880 ft 875 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Buck Meadows sits at about 3,010 ft (920 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
3,010 ft 920 m
few residents
Lowest
2,880 ft 875 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,310 ft 1,010 m
at the foot of the Gravel Range
Average
3,020 ft 920 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Buck Meadows spans about 430 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
3,010 ft920 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Gravel Range
3,310 ft1,010 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
2,880 ft875 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buck Meadows
3,010 ft915 m
Airport (E45)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
2,933 ft894 m
Average of all land3,020 ft920 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,010 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
90% of sea level

26.8 inHg (90.8 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.8% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+6% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buck Meadows, California, shaded from 2,880 ft on the southwest side to 3,310 ft at the foot of the Gravel Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mariposa County, California, United States
Population
21 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
39 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8127° N, 120.0644° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Merced River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Groveland/Yosemite (E45) 2,933 ft
ZIP codes 1
95321
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Twain Harte3,690 ft
  2. Greeley Hill3,240 ft
  3. Groveland3,080 ft
  4. Buck Meadows3,010 ft
  5. Soulsbyville2,970 ft
  6. Mono Vista2,820 ft
  7. Pine Mountain Lake2,750 ft
  8. Tuolumne City2,620 ft
  9. El Portal2,220 ft
  10. Bear Valley2,140 ft
  11. Coulterville1,730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Hoffmann10,820 ft
  • Piute Mountain10,510 ft
  • Cold Mountain10,280 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Calaveras County2,890 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Buck Meadows 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.