Chinese Camp, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chinese Camp, California, shaded from 1,070 ft on the southwest side to 1,370 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,370 ft 420 m1,300 ft 395 m1,260 ft 385 m1,180 ft 360 m1,110 ft 335 m1,070 ft 325 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.
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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

Chinese Camp sits at about 1,220 ft (375 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,220 ft 375 m
few residents
Lowest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,370 ft 420 m
on the west side
Average
1,210 ft 370 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chinese Camp spans about 300 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
1,220 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,370 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chinese Camp
1,260 ft385 m
Average of all land1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chinese Camp, California, shaded from 1,070 ft on the southwest side to 1,370 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tuolumne County, California, United States
Population
90 2020 Census
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
100 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8710° N, 120.4333° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Tuolumne River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
95309 95327
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Groveland3,080 ft
  2. Soulsbyville2,970 ft
  3. Mono Vista2,820 ft
  4. Tuolumne City2,620 ft
  5. Phoenix Lake2,620 ft
  6. East Sonora2,170 ft
  7. Columbia2,130 ft
  8. Sonora1,940 ft
  9. Tuttletown1,580 ft
  10. Jamestown1,500 ft
  11. Chinese Camp1,220 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Piute Mountain10,510 ft
  • Dardanelles Cone9,527 ft
  • Mokelumne Peak9,337 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).
  • 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.
  • Chinese Camp 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.