Morro Bay, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morro Bay, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 663 ft on Black Hill
Elevation
660 ft 200 m500 ft 150 m410 ft 125 m250 ft 75 m83 ft 25 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

Morro Bay sits at about 73 ft (22 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
73 ft 22 m
most residents: 36–210 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
663 ft 202 m
on Black Hill
Average
92 ft 28 m
all land inside city limits

Morro Bay spans about 660 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
73 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Black Hill
663 ft202 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Morro Bay
57 ft17 m
Airport (SBP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southeast of the city limits
212 ft65 m
Average of all land92 ft28 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morro Bay, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 663 ft on Black Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Population
10,591 2024 est.
Land area
5.3 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
1,984 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3658° N, 120.8499° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP) 212 ft
ZIP codes 1
93442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Santa Margarita1,010 ft
  2. Garden Farms960 ft
  3. Atascadero940 ft
  4. Templeton830 ft
  5. California Polytechnic State University390 ft
  6. Los Ranchos260 ft
  7. San Luis Obispo240 ft
  8. Avila Beach160 ft
  9. Los Osos96 ft
  10. Morro Bay73 ft
  11. Cayucos57 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Mountain, San Luis Obispo County3,580 ft
  • Hi Mountain3,190 ft
  • Pine Ridge, San Luis Obispo County3,190 ft
  • Pine Top Mountain2,640 ft
  • Mount Lospe1,650 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).
  • 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.