Crescent City, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crescent City, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 140 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
140 ft 45 m110 ft 35 m90 ft 27 m54 ft 16 m18 ft 5 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Crescent City sits at about 54 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
54 ft 17 m
most residents: 24–81 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
140 ft 45 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
44 ft 14 m
all land inside city limits

Crescent City spans about 140 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
54 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
140 ft45 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Crescent City
42 ft13 m
Airport (CEC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi northwest of the city limits
61 ft19 m
Average of all land44 ft14 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crescent City, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 140 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Del Norte County, California, United States
Population
6,209 2024 est.
Land area
2.0 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
3,163 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7559° N, 124.2017° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Jack Mc Namara Field (CEC) 61 ft
ZIP codes 1
95531
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wautec820 ft
  2. Gasquet380 ft
  3. Klamath210 ft
  4. Hiouchi200 ft
  5. Brookings, OR180 ft
  6. Harbor, OR120 ft
  7. Smith River68 ft
  8. Fort Dick56 ft
  9. Crescent City54 ft
  10. Bertsch-Oceanview47 ft
  11. Orick37 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Mountain, Del Norte County4,266 ft
  • Gordon Mountain4,160 ft
  • Rattlesnake Mountain3,640 ft
  • Bosley Butte3,423 ft
  • Mount Emily, Curry County2,920 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, −1 ft at 41.7449° N, 124.1974° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.