San Martin, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Martin, California, shaded from 230 ft on the southeast side to 660 ft at the foot of the Santa Teresa Hills
Elevation
660 ft 200 m550 ft 170 m500 ft 150 m390 ft 120 m290 ft 90 m230 ft 70 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

San Martin sits at about 290 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
290 ft 90 m
most residents: 270–330 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the southeast side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
at the foot of the Santa Teresa Hills
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

San Martin spans about 430 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
290 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Santa Teresa Hills
660 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for San Martin
290 ft90 m
Airport (E16)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
284 ft87 m
Average of all land290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Martin, California, shaded from 230 ft on the southeast side to 660 ft at the foot of the Santa Teresa Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Santa Clara County, California, United States
Population
7,008 2020 Census
Land area
11.6 sq mi
Density
604 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.0849° N, 121.6102° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
San Martin (E16) 284 ft
ZIP codes 2
95020 95046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Day Valley630 ft
  2. Aromas440 ft
  3. Corralitos390 ft
  4. Morgan Hill360 ft
  5. San Martin290 ft
  6. Gilroy220 ft
  7. Freedom160 ft
  8. Amesti150 ft
  9. Interlaken130 ft
  10. Watsonville55 ft
  11. Pajaro29 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Copernicus Peak4,360 ft
  • Eylar Mountain4,087 ft
  • Black Mountain, Santa Clara County3,955 ft
  • Mount Stakes3,810 ft
  • Loma Prieta3,792 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.
  • San Martin 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.