Elkhorn, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elkhorn, California, shaded from 3 ft near the middle to 540 ft on the east side
Elevation
540 ft 165 m400 ft 125 m340 ft 105 m200 ft 60 m70 ft 21 m3 ft 1 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
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

Elkhorn sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 19–350 ft
Lowest
3 ft 1 m
near the middle
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the east side
Average
150 ft 45 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Elkhorn spans about 537 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
3 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Elkhorn
6 ft2 m
Airport (WVI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi north of the CDP boundary
163 ft50 m
Average of all land150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elkhorn, California, shaded from 3 ft near the middle to 540 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Monterey County, California, United States
Population
1,588 2020 Census
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
331 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.8244° N, 121.7405° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Watsonville Municipal (WVI) 163 ft
ZIP codes 2
93907 95012
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aromas440 ft
  2. Prunedale290 ft
  3. Elkhorn260 ft
  4. Freedom160 ft
  5. Interlaken130 ft
  6. Las Lomas120 ft
  7. Watsonville55 ft
  8. Pajaro29 ft
  9. Moss Landing22 ft
  10. Castroville18 ft
  11. Pajaro Dunes16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Palo Escrito Peak4,460 ft
  • Loma Prieta3,792 ft
  • Potrero Peak3,730 ft
  • Mount Toro3,564 ft
  • Mount Johnson3,468 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.
  • Elkhorn is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.