Sacramento County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sacramento County, California, shaded from 23 ft below sea level on the southwest side to 830 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
830 ft 250 m620 ft 190 m510 ft 155 m300 ft 90 m83 ft 25 m−23 ft −7 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sacramento County averages about 98 ft (30 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 23 ft below sea level on the southwest side to 830 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
98 ft 30 m
all land inside the county
Highest
830 ft 250 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
−23 ft −7 m
on the southwest side

Sacramento County spans about 853 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land98 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
830 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
−23 ft−7 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Sacramento.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sacramento County, California, shaded from 23 ft below sea level on the southwest side to 830 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
1,611,231 2024 est.
Land area
965.4 sq mi + 29.0 sq mi water
Density
1,669 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. El Dorado County4,140 ft
  2. Placer County3,650 ft
  3. Amador County2,670 ft
  4. Contra Costa County500 ft
  5. Yolo County360 ft
  6. Solano County180 ft
  7. San Joaquin County170 ft
  8. Sacramento County98 ft
  9. Sutter County80 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Whisky Hill, Sacramento County37 ft
All 35 towns in Sacramento County by typical elevation
  1. Folsom350 ft
  2. Orangevale240 ft
  3. Rancho Murieta210 ft
  4. Fair Oaks210 ft
  5. Citrus Heights160 ft
  6. Clay150 ft
  7. Foothill Farms140 ft
  8. Antelope120 ft
  9. Gold River120 ft
  10. Carmichael110 ft
  11. Mather110 ft
  12. Wilton100 ft
  13. North Highlands100 ft
  14. Rancho Cordova97 ft
  15. McClellan Park82 ft
  16. Herald77 ft
  17. Elverta67 ft
  18. Arden-Arcade60 ft
  19. Vineyard58 ft
  20. Rosemont58 ft
  21. Rio Linda52 ft
  22. La Riviera52 ft
  23. Galt51 ft
  24. Florin34 ft
  25. Elk Grove32 ft
  26. Fruitridge Pocket32 ft
  27. Lemon Hill29 ft
  28. Parkway24 ft
  29. Sacramento23 ft
  30. Freeport18 ft
  31. Franklin, Sacramento County17 ft
  32. Hood10 ft
  33. Walnut Grove2 ft
  34. Courtland2 ft
  35. Isleton0 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.