Lake Almanor Peninsula, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,100 ft 1,555 m4,950 ft 1,510 m4,880 ft 1,485 m4,730 ft 1,440 m4,580 ft 1,395 m4,500 ft 1,375 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lake Almanor Peninsula sits at about 4,710 ft (1,435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,710 ft 1,435 m
most residents: 4,540–4,790 ft
Lowest
4,500 ft 1,375 m
on the southeast side
Highest
5,100 ft 1,555 m
on the southwest side
Average
4,730 ft 1,440 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Lake Almanor Peninsula spans about 600 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,710 ft1,435 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 5,100 ft1,555 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 4,500 ft1,375 m |
| Airport (O05) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.4 mi west of the CDP boundary | 4,534 ft1,382 m |
| Average of all land | 4,730 ft1,440 m |
| Nearest peak Dyer Mountain, 5.0 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 7,481 ft2,280 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.1 mi west to east through the middle of Lake Almanor Peninsula.
Altitude Effects
What 4,710 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.2 °F95.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
84% of sea level
25.2 inHg (85.2 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Plumas County, California, United States
- Population
- 366 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 121 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.2813° N, 121.1353° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains
- Drains to
- North Fork Feather River → Feather River → Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Rogers Field (O05) 4,534 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 96137
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Westwood5,090 ft
- Clear Creek4,950 ft
- Lake Almanor Country Club4,790 ft
- Lake Almanor Peninsula4,710 ft
- Lake Almanor West4,630 ft
- Hamilton Branch4,610 ft
- Prattville4,610 ft
- Canyondam4,590 ft
- East Shore4,570 ft
- Almanor4,570 ft
- Chester4,520 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California103rd highest of 1,622
- Towns in Plumas County16th highest of 46
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Harkness8,049 ft
- Butt Mountain7,874 ft
- Dyer Mountain7,481 ft
- Pegleg Mountain7,112 ft
- Rattlesnake Hill6,340 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Lake Almanor Peninsula 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.