San Benito County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,270 ft 1,605 m3,970 ft 1,210 m3,320 ft 1,010 m2,020 ft 615 m720 ft 220 m66 ft 20 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
San Benito County averages about 1,920 ft (585 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 66 ft on the northwest side to 5,266 ft on San Benito Mountain.
Average elevation
1,920 ft 585 m
all land inside the county
Highest
5,266 ft 1,605 m
on San Benito Mountain
Lowest
66 ft 20 m
on the northwest side
San Benito County spans about 5,204 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,920 ft585 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on San Benito Mountain (NGS survey height) | 5,266 ft1,605 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 66 ft20 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
26 mi west to east through Hollister.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in California, United States
- Population
- 69,159 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,388.7 sq mi + 1.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 50 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
- Fresno County3,320 ft
- San Benito County1,920 ft
- Monterey County1,440 ft
- Santa Clara County1,250 ft
- Santa Cruz County880 ft
- Merced County390 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in California29th highest of 57
- Counties in the United States649th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- San Benito Mountain5,266 ft
- Santa Rita Peak5,130 ft
- Laguna Mountain4,510 ft
- Cerro Colorado3,660 ft
- Mount Johnson3,468 ft
All 5 towns in San Benito County by typical elevation
- Tres Pinos550 ft
- Ridgemark500 ft
- Aromas partly440 ft
- Hollister300 ft
- San Juan Bautista210 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- 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, −120 ft at 36.9004° N, 121.6143° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.