San Pablo, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Pablo, California, shaded from 24 ft on the northwest side to 400 ft at the foot of the Black Hills
Elevation
400 ft 120 m310 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m170 ft 50 m71 ft 22 m24 ft 7 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

San Pablo sits at about 47 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
47 ft 14 m
most residents: 32–120 ft
Lowest
24 ft 7 m
on the northwest side
Highest
400 ft 120 m
at the foot of the Black Hills
Average
79 ft 24 m
all land inside city limits

San Pablo spans about 376 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
47 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Black Hills
400 ft120 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
24 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for San Pablo
52 ft16 m
Average of all land79 ft24 m
Nearest peak
Vollmer Peak, 7.2 mi southeast of the city limits (NGS survey)
1,916 ft584 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Pablo, California, shaded from 24 ft on the northwest side to 400 ft at the foot of the Black Hills
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Contra Costa County, California, United States
Population
31,562 2024 est.
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
12,028 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9621° N, 122.3455° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
94806
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Richmond Heights330 ft
  2. El Sobrante240 ft
  3. Pinole140 ft
  4. El Cerrito110 ft
  5. Tara Hills98 ft
  6. Rollingwood78 ft
  7. Richmond54 ft
  8. Montalvin Manor53 ft
  9. Bayview, Contra Costa County47 ft
  10. San Pablo47 ft
  11. North Richmond14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Diablo3,864 ft
  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Rocky Ridge2,020 ft
  • Vollmer Peak1,916 ft
  • Big Rock Ridge1,880 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.