Mountain Ranch, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain Ranch, California, shaded from 1,520 ft on the southeast side to 2,490 ft on the south side
Elevation
2,480 ft 755 m2,240 ft 685 m2,120 ft 645 m1,880 ft 575 m1,640 ft 500 m1,520 ft 460 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mountain Ranch sits at about 2,110 ft (645 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,110 ft 645 m
most residents: 1,960–2,410 ft
Lowest
1,520 ft 460 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,490 ft 755 m
on the south side
Average
2,090 ft 640 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mountain Ranch spans about 970 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
2,110 ft645 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
2,490 ft755 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,520 ft460 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mountain Ranch
2,120 ft645 m
Airport (CPU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
1,328 ft405 m
Average of all land2,090 ft640 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain Ranch, California, shaded from 1,520 ft on the southeast side to 2,490 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Calaveras County, California, United States
Population
223 2020 Census
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
57 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2283° N, 120.5408° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Calaveras River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Calaveras County/Maury Rasmussen Field (CPU) 1,328 ft
ZIP codes 1
95246
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Avery3,440 ft
  2. Hathaway Pines3,370 ft
  3. Forest Meadows3,290 ft
  4. Rail Road Flat2,770 ft
  5. Glencoe2,770 ft
  6. Sheep Ranch2,380 ft
  7. Murphys2,230 ft
  8. Mountain Ranch2,110 ft
  9. Douglas Flat1,950 ft
  10. Vallecito1,800 ft
  11. San Andreas1,130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Deadwood Peak, Alpine County9,830 ft
  • Peep Sight Peak9,720 ft
  • Dardanelles Cone9,527 ft
  • Mokelumne Peak9,337 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Calaveras County2,890 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.
  • Mountain Ranch 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.