Fremont, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fremont, California, shaded from sea level level on San Francisco Bay to 2,500 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,500 ft 760 m1,880 ft 570 m1,560 ft 475 m940 ft 285 m310 ft 95 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fremont sits at about 52 ft (16 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
52 ft 16 m
most residents: 22–180 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on San Francisco Bay
Highest
2,500 ft 760 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
240 ft 70 m
all land inside city limits

Fremont spans about 2,500 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
52 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
2,500 ft760 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets San Francisco Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fremont
55 ft17 m
Airport (SJC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi south of the city limits
62 ft19 m
Average of all land240 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

14 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fremont, California, shaded from sea level level on San Francisco Bay to 2,500 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Alameda County, California, United States
Population
228,192 2024 est.
Land area
78.1 sq mi + 10.1 sq mi water
Density
2,922 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.5483° N, 121.9886° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Mineta San Jose International (SJC) 62 ft
ZIP codes 6
94536 94538 94539 94552 94555 94560
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sunol600 ft
  2. Dublin380 ft
  3. Fairview370 ft
  4. Pleasanton340 ft
  5. Cherryland67 ft
  6. Fremont52 ft
  7. Hayward52 ft
  8. Milpitas37 ft
  9. Newark23 ft
  10. Union City19 ft
  11. East Palo Alto16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Black Mountain, Santa Clara County3,955 ft
  • Discovery Peak3,830 ft
  • Mount Allison2,664 ft
  • Sunol Peak2,191 ft
  • Rocky Ridge2,020 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, −14 ft at 37.5388° N, 122.0799° 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.