Inverness, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Inverness, California, shaded from sea level level on Tomales Bay to 1,250 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m940 ft 285 m780 ft 240 m470 ft 145 m160 ft 50 m0 ft 0 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

Inverness sits at about 320 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 100 m
most residents: 61–700 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Tomales Bay
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
380 ft 115 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Inverness spans about 1,250 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
320 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Tomales Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Inverness
30 ft9 m
Average of all land380 ft115 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Inverness, California, shaded from sea level level on Tomales Bay to 1,250 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Marin County, California, United States
Population
1,379 2020 Census
Land area
6.4 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
215 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.1010° N, 122.8569° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
94937 94956
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. San Geronimo580 ft
  2. Lagunitas-Forest Knolls580 ft
  3. Woodacre490 ft
  4. Dillon Beach360 ft
  5. Inverness320 ft
  6. Nicasio180 ft
  7. Bloomfield180 ft
  8. Petaluma Center110 ft
  9. Tomales110 ft
  10. Point Reyes Station75 ft
  11. Petaluma45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Mountain, Sonoma County2,730 ft
  • Mount Veeder2,680 ft
  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Vollmer Peak1,916 ft
  • Big Rock Ridge1,880 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.
  • Inverness 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.