Morgan Hill, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morgan Hill, California, shaded from 300 ft on the southeast side to 1,390 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,120 ft 340 m980 ft 300 m710 ft 215 m440 ft 135 m300 ft 90 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

Morgan Hill sits at about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
360 ft 110 m
most residents: 330–460 ft
Lowest
300 ft 90 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
450 ft 140 m
all land inside city limits

Morgan Hill spans about 1,090 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
360 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,390 ft425 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
300 ft90 m
Town center
USGS map point for Morgan Hill
350 ft105 m
Airport (E16)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi southeast of the city limits
284 ft87 m
Average of all land450 ft140 m
Nearest peak
Loma Prieta, 8.1 mi west of the city limits (NGS survey)
3,792 ft1,156 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morgan Hill, California, shaded from 300 ft on the southeast side to 1,390 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Santa Clara County, California, United States
Population
45,952 2024 est.
Land area
12.9 sq mi
Density
3,552 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.1305° N, 121.6544° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
San Martin (E16) 284 ft
ZIP codes 2
95037 95046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Day Valley630 ft
  2. Corralitos390 ft
  3. Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley380 ft
  4. Morgan Hill360 ft
  5. San Martin290 ft
  6. Gilroy220 ft
  7. Freedom160 ft
  8. Amesti150 ft
  9. Interlaken130 ft
  10. Watsonville55 ft
  11. Pajaro29 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Copernicus Peak4,360 ft
  • Eylar Mountain4,087 ft
  • Black Mountain, Santa Clara County3,955 ft
  • Mount Stakes3,810 ft
  • Loma Prieta3,792 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, 300 ft at 37.0957° N, 121.6174° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.