Tara Hills, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tara Hills, California, shaded from 19 ft on the northwest side to 270 ft on the south side
Elevation
270 ft 85 m210 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m110 ft 35 m51 ft 16 m19 ft 6 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

Tara Hills sits at about 98 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
98 ft 30 m
most residents: 45–170 ft
Lowest
19 ft 6 m
on the northwest side
Highest
270 ft 85 m
on the south side
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Tara Hills spans about 251 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
98 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
270 ft85 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
19 ft6 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tara Hills
97 ft29 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m
Nearest peak
Vollmer Peak, 8.7 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
1,916 ft584 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tara Hills, California, shaded from 19 ft on the northwest side to 270 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Contra Costa County, California, United States
Population
5,364 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
8,042 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9935° N, 122.3164° 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. Hercules160 ft
  4. Pinole140 ft
  5. Tara Hills98 ft
  6. Rollingwood78 ft
  7. Rodeo70 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 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.
  • Tara Hills 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.