Mariposa County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mariposa County, California, shaded from 310 ft on the southwest side to 12,050 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
12,050 ft 3,675 m9,110 ft 2,780 m7,650 ft 2,330 m4,710 ft 1,435 m1,770 ft 540 m310 ft 95 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mariposa County averages about 3,620 ft (1,105 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 310 ft on the southwest side to 12,050 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
3,620 ft 1,105 m
all land inside the county
Highest
12,050 ft 3,675 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the southwest side

Mariposa County spans about 11,740 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land3,620 ft1,105 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
12,050 ft3,675 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, west to east

51 mi west to east through Lake Don Pedro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mariposa County, California, shaded from 310 ft on the southwest side to 12,050 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
17,048 2024 est.
Land area
1,448.8 sq mi + 14.0 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Cascade-sierra Mountains 80%, Pacific Border 20%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Tuolumne County5,640 ft
  2. Mariposa County3,620 ft
  3. Madera County3,070 ft
  4. Stanislaus County520 ft
  5. Merced County390 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Fletcher Peak11,520 ft
  • Vogelsang Peak11,480 ft
  • Mount Clark11,460 ft
  • Mount Hoffmann10,820 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 ft
All 17 towns in Mariposa County by typical elevation
  1. Yosemite West5,870 ft
  2. Fish Camp5,090 ft
  3. Foresta4,430 ft
  4. Wawona4,150 ft
  5. Yosemite Valley3,980 ft
  6. Greeley Hill3,240 ft
  7. Buck Meadows3,010 ft
  8. Midpines2,780 ft
  9. Bootjack2,310 ft
  10. El Portal2,220 ft
  11. Mt. Bullion2,190 ft
  12. Mariposa2,170 ft
  13. Bear Valley2,140 ft
  14. Coulterville1,730 ft
  15. Catheys Valley1,350 ft
  16. Lake Don Pedro1,150 ft
  17. Hornitos880 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.