Orinda, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orinda, California, shaded from 320 ft on the northwest side to 1,916 ft on Vollmer Peak
Elevation
1,920 ft 585 m1,520 ft 460 m1,320 ft 400 m920 ft 280 m520 ft 155 m320 ft 95 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
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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

Orinda sits at about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
720 ft 220 m
most residents: 590–1,010 ft
Lowest
320 ft 95 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,916 ft 584 m
on Vollmer Peak
Average
760 ft 235 m
all land inside city limits

Orinda spans about 1,600 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
720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Vollmer Peak
1,916 ft584 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
320 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orinda
500 ft150 m
Airport (OAK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.0 mi south of the city limits
9 ft3 m
Average of all land760 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orinda, California, shaded from 320 ft on the northwest side to 1,916 ft on Vollmer Peak
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Contra Costa County, California, United States
Population
19,573 2024 est.
Land area
12.9 sq mi
Density
1,523 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8771° N, 122.1797° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK) 9 ft
ZIP codes 1
94563
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Orinda720 ft
  2. Moraga680 ft
  3. Kensington600 ft
  4. Lafayette450 ft
  5. Acalanes Ridge410 ft
  6. Reliez Valley290 ft
  7. Piedmont280 ft
  8. Saranap200 ft
  9. Berkeley190 ft
  10. Albany58 ft
  11. Emeryville18 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Diablo3,864 ft
  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Sunol Peak2,191 ft
  • Rocky Ridge2,020 ft
  • Vollmer Peak1,916 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, 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.