Cayucos, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cayucos, California, shaded from 5 ft on the southeast side to 730 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
730 ft 220 m550 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m280 ft 85 m95 ft 29 m5 ft 2 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
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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

Cayucos sits at about 57 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
57 ft 17 m
most residents: 30–310 ft
Lowest
5 ft 1 m
on the southeast side
Highest
730 ft 220 m
on the southeast side
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cayucos spans about 725 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
57 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
730 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
5 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cayucos
71 ft22 m
Average of all land210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cayucos, California, shaded from 5 ft on the southeast side to 730 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Population
2,505 2020 Census
Land area
3.1 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
808 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4428° N, 120.8921° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
93430 93442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Santa Margarita1,010 ft
  2. Garden Farms960 ft
  3. Atascadero940 ft
  4. Templeton830 ft
  5. El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)800 ft
  6. California Polytechnic State University390 ft
  7. Cambria240 ft
  8. San Luis Obispo240 ft
  9. Los Osos96 ft
  10. Morro Bay73 ft
  11. Cayucos57 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Mountain, San Luis Obispo County3,580 ft
  • Hi Mountain3,190 ft
  • Pine Ridge, San Luis Obispo County3,190 ft
  • Williams Hill2,810 ft
  • Pine Top Mountain2,640 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.
  • Cayucos 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. All public domain.