San Simeon, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Simeon, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 400 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
400 ft 120 m300 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m150 ft 45 m50 ft 15 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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 Simeon sits at about 69 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
69 ft 21 m
most residents: 64–270 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
400 ft 120 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
150 ft 45 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

San Simeon spans about 400 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
69 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
400 ft120 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Average of all land150 ft45 m
Nearest peak
Pine Mountain, San Luis Obispo County, 4.7 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
3,580 ft1,095 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the middle of San Simeon.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Simeon, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 400 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Population
445 2020 Census
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
558 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6145° N, 121.1431° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
93452
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oak Shores1,010 ft
  2. Lake Nacimiento990 ft
  3. Lockwood, Monterey County980 ft
  4. Templeton830 ft
  5. El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)800 ft
  6. San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County620 ft
  7. Bradley540 ft
  8. Cambria240 ft
  9. Morro Bay73 ft
  10. San Simeon69 ft
  11. Cayucos57 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Junipero Serra Peak5,857 ft
  • Pinyon Peak5,250 ft
  • Pine Mountain, San Luis Obispo County3,580 ft
  • Williams Hill2,810 ft
  • Pine Top Mountain2,640 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 Simeon is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.