Pine Canyon, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pine Canyon, California, shaded from 310 ft on the north side to 1,170 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,170 ft 360 m960 ft 290 m850 ft 260 m640 ft 195 m420 ft 130 m310 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pine Canyon sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 380–510 ft
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the north side
Highest
1,170 ft 360 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
540 ft 165 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Pine Canyon spans about 860 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,170 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
310 ft95 m
Airport (KIC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.8 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
374 ft114 m
Average of all land540 ft165 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.2 mi west to east through the middle of Pine Canyon.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pine Canyon, California, shaded from 310 ft on the north side to 1,170 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Monterey County, California, United States
Population
1,871 2020 Census
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
561 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.1783° N, 121.1498° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Salinas River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Mesa del Rey (KIC) 374 ft
ZIP codes 1
93930
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fort Hunter Liggett1,090 ft
  2. Oak Shores1,010 ft
  3. Lockwood, Monterey County980 ft
  4. Bradley540 ft
  5. San Ardo440 ft
  6. San Lucas420 ft
  7. Pine Canyon410 ft
  8. King City320 ft
  9. Greenfield290 ft
  10. Soledad210 ft
  11. Gonzales140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Junipero Serra Peak5,857 ft
  • Pinyon Peak5,250 ft
  • Laguna Mountain4,510 ft
  • South Chalone Peak3,260 ft
  • Williams Hill2,810 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).
  • 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, 310 ft at 36.1915° N, 121.1440° 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.
  • Pine Canyon 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.