Lakehead, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lakehead, California, shaded from 1,040 ft on the northwest side to 2,320 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,320 ft 705 m2,000 ft 610 m1,840 ft 560 m1,520 ft 465 m1,200 ft 365 m1,040 ft 320 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

Lakehead sits at about 1,190 ft (360 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,190 ft 360 m
most residents: 1,110–1,380 ft
Lowest
1,040 ft 320 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,320 ft 705 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,320 ft 405 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lakehead spans about 1,280 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
1,190 ft360 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
2,320 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,040 ft320 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lakehead
1,160 ft355 m
Average of all land1,320 ft405 m
Nearest peak
Schell Mountain, 7.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
5,223 ft1,592 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lakehead, California, shaded from 1,040 ft on the northwest side to 2,320 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Shasta County, California, United States
Population
469 2020 Census
Land area
4.7 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
100 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9051° N, 122.3792° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
96051
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Coffee Creek2,970 ft
  2. Trinity Center2,440 ft
  3. Dunsmuir2,380 ft
  4. Castella2,100 ft
  5. French Gulch1,350 ft
  6. Lakehead1,190 ft
  7. Jones Valley990 ft
  8. Mountain Gate930 ft
  9. Shasta Lake790 ft
  10. Keswick770 ft
  11. Bella Vista630 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Mountain, Shasta County5,339 ft
  • Schell Mountain5,223 ft
  • Billibokka Mountain4,080 ft
  • Bass Mountain2,786 ft
  • O'Brien Mountain2,700 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.
  • Lakehead 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.