Lake Wildwood, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Wildwood, California, shaded from 1,180 ft on the west side to 1,580 ft at the foot of the Oat Hills
Elevation
1,580 ft 480 m1,480 ft 450 m1,430 ft 435 m1,330 ft 405 m1,230 ft 375 m1,180 ft 360 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.
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 Wildwood sits at about 1,350 ft (410 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,350 ft 410 m
most residents: 1,250–1,460 ft
Lowest
1,180 ft 360 m
on the west side
Highest
1,580 ft 480 m
at the foot of the Oat Hills
Average
1,340 ft 405 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lake Wildwood spans about 400 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
1,350 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Oat Hills
1,580 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,180 ft360 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake Wildwood
1,520 ft465 m
Average of all land1,340 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Wildwood, California, shaded from 1,180 ft on the west side to 1,580 ft at the foot of the Oat Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Nevada County, California, United States
Population
5,158 2020 Census
Land area
3.1 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,687 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2329° N, 121.2005° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95946
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Nevada City2,600 ft
  2. Grass Valley2,520 ft
  3. North San Juan2,180 ft
  4. Alta Sierra2,160 ft
  5. Rough and Ready2,040 ft
  6. Dobbins1,860 ft
  7. Penn Valley1,430 ft
  8. Lake Wildwood1,350 ft
  9. Smartsville700 ft
  10. Loma Rica440 ft
  11. Beale AFB290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sierra Buttes8,520 ft
  • Snow Mountain, Placer County8,010 ft
  • Mount Fillmore7,710 ft
  • Bloomer Hill3,004 ft
  • South Butte2,100 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.
  • Lake Wildwood 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.