Paradise, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paradise, California, shaded from 830 ft on the west side to 2,370 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,370 ft 720 m1,980 ft 605 m1,790 ft 545 m1,410 ft 430 m1,030 ft 315 m830 ft 255 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Paradise sits at about 1,780 ft (545 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,780 ft 545 m
most residents: 1,450–2,080 ft
Lowest
830 ft 255 m
on the west side
Highest
2,370 ft 720 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,730 ft 530 m
all land inside town limits

Paradise spans about 1,540 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
1,780 ft545 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
2,370 ft720 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
830 ft255 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paradise
1,760 ft535 m
Average of all land1,730 ft530 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paradise, California, shaded from 830 ft on the west side to 2,370 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Butte County, California, United States
Population
9,114 2024 est.
Land area
18.3 sq mi
Density
498 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7596° N, 121.6219° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Butte Creek → Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95969
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Stirling City3,560 ft
  2. Magalia2,470 ft
  3. Forest Ranch2,420 ft
  4. Concow2,250 ft
  5. Yankee Hill1,890 ft
  6. Paradise1,780 ft
  7. Cherokee1,220 ft
  8. Butte Creek Canyon530 ft
  9. Butte Valley470 ft
  10. Chico200 ft
  11. Durham160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Butt Mountain7,874 ft
  • Bald Eagle Mountain7,186 ft
  • Red Hill6,352 ft
  • Rush Creek Hill6,350 ft
  • Bloomer Hill3,004 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.