Shelter Cove, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelter Cove, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 2,120 ft at the foot of the King Range
Elevation
2,120 ft 645 m1,590 ft 485 m1,330 ft 405 m800 ft 245 m270 ft 80 m0 ft 0 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

Shelter Cove sits at about 340 ft (105 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
340 ft 105 m
most residents: 110–1,360 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
2,120 ft 645 m
at the foot of the King Range
Average
890 ft 270 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Shelter Cove spans about 2,120 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
340 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the King Range
2,120 ft645 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shelter Cove
140 ft45 m
Airport (0Q5)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
73 ft22 m
Average of all land890 ft270 m
Nearest peak
King Peak, 7.3 mi north of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
4,094 ft1,248 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelter Cove, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 2,120 ft at the foot of the King Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Humboldt County, California, United States
Population
803 2020 Census
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
138 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0304° N, 124.0731° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Shelter Cove (0Q5) 73 ft
ZIP codes 1
95589
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Leggett980 ft
  2. Benbow760 ft
  3. Garberville540 ft
  4. Alderpoint480 ft
  5. Redway460 ft
  6. Redcrest380 ft
  7. Miranda360 ft
  8. Shelter Cove340 ft
  9. Weott260 ft
  10. Phillipsville240 ft
  11. Myers Flat190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • King Peak4,094 ft
  • Grasshopper Mountain3,379 ft
  • Cooskie Mountain2,950 ft
  • Queen Peak2,820 ft
  • Bear Buttes2,820 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 40.0249° N, 124.0585° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Shelter Cove 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.