Pine Mountain Lake, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pine Mountain Lake, California, shaded from 930 ft on the northwest side to 3,340 ft on the east side
Elevation
3,340 ft 1,015 m2,730 ft 835 m2,430 ft 740 m1,830 ft 560 m1,230 ft 375 m930 ft 280 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 Mountain Lake sits at about 2,750 ft (840 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,750 ft 840 m
most residents: 2,580–2,970 ft
Lowest
930 ft 280 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,340 ft 1,015 m
on the east side
Average
2,670 ft 815 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Pine Mountain Lake spans about 2,410 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
2,750 ft840 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
3,340 ft1,015 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
930 ft280 m
Airport (E45)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,933 ft894 m
Average of all land2,670 ft815 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.6 mi south to north through the middle of Pine Mountain Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pine Mountain Lake, California, shaded from 930 ft on the northwest side to 3,340 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tuolumne County, California, United States
Population
2,636 2020 Census
Land area
19.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
139 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8538° N, 120.1938° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Tuolumne River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Groveland/Yosemite (E45) 2,933 ft
ZIP codes 1
95321
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Twain Harte3,690 ft
  2. Greeley Hill3,240 ft
  3. Groveland3,080 ft
  4. Buck Meadows3,010 ft
  5. Soulsbyville2,970 ft
  6. Mono Vista2,820 ft
  7. Pine Mountain Lake2,750 ft
  8. Tuolumne City2,620 ft
  9. Phoenix Lake2,620 ft
  10. East Sonora2,170 ft
  11. Coulterville1,730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tower Peak11,700 ft
  • Mount Hoffmann10,820 ft
  • Piute Mountain10,510 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 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.
  • Pine Mountain Lake 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. All public domain.