Larkspur, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Larkspur, California, shaded from sea level level on the Corte Madera to 1,020 ft at the foot of the San Miguel Hills
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m770 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m380 ft 115 m130 ft 40 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Larkspur sits at about 68 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
68 ft 21 m
most residents: 10–210 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Corte Madera
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
at the foot of the San Miguel Hills
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside city limits

Larkspur spans about 1,020 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
68 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the San Miguel Hills
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Corte Madera
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Larkspur
37 ft11 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m
Nearest peak
Mount Tamalpais, 2.4 mi west of the city limits (NGS survey)
2,576 ft785 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Larkspur, California, shaded from sea level level on the Corte Madera to 1,020 ft at the foot of the San Miguel Hills
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Marin County, California, United States
Population
12,807 2024 est.
Land area
3.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
4,270 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9342° N, 122.5353° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
94904 94939
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tamalpais-Homestead Valley280 ft
  2. Ross170 ft
  3. Mill Valley150 ft
  4. Kentfield130 ft
  5. San Anselmo120 ft
  6. Strawberry80 ft
  7. Larkspur68 ft
  8. San Rafael61 ft
  9. Corte Madera35 ft
  10. Alto31 ft
  11. Santa Venetia17 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Rocky Ridge2,020 ft
  • Scarpet Peak1,930 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 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, 0 ft at 37.9393° N, 122.5274° 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.