Calaveras County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calaveras County, California, shaded from 160 ft on the west side to 8,160 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
8,160 ft 2,485 m6,160 ft 1,880 m5,160 ft 1,575 m3,160 ft 965 m1,160 ft 355 m160 ft 50 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Calaveras County averages about 2,410 ft (735 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 160 ft on the west side to 8,160 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
2,410 ft 735 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,160 ft 2,485 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the west side

Calaveras County spans about 8,000 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,410 ft735 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
8,160 ft2,485 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through Rancho Calaveras.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calaveras County, California, shaded from 160 ft on the west side to 8,160 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
46,505 2024 est.
Land area
1,020.0 sq mi + 16.9 sq mi water
Density
46 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains 96%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Alpine County7,760 ft
  2. Tuolumne County5,640 ft
  3. Amador County2,670 ft
  4. Calaveras County2,410 ft
  5. Stanislaus County520 ft
  6. San Joaquin County170 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Flagpole Point7,920 ft
  • Shovel Grave6,690 ft
  • Blue Mountain, Calaveras County6,073 ft
  • Buck Mountain, Calaveras County5,150 ft
  • Bear Mountain2,890 ft
All 23 towns in Calaveras County by typical elevation
  1. Dorrington4,870 ft
  2. Arnold3,960 ft
  3. Avery3,440 ft
  4. Hathaway Pines3,370 ft
  5. Forest Meadows3,290 ft
  6. Wilseyville2,780 ft
  7. Rail Road Flat2,770 ft
  8. Glencoe2,770 ft
  9. West Point2,730 ft
  10. Sheep Ranch2,380 ft
  11. Murphys2,230 ft
  12. Mountain Ranch2,110 ft
  13. Douglas Flat1,950 ft
  14. Vallecito1,800 ft
  15. Angels1,510 ft
  16. Mokelumne Hill1,470 ft
  17. Paloma1,370 ft
  18. San Andreas1,130 ft
  19. Copperopolis840 ft
  20. Valley Springs680 ft
  21. Rancho Calaveras550 ft
  22. Campo Seco520 ft
  23. Wallace310 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 160 ft at 38.0701° N, 120.9160° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.