Thousand Oaks, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thousand Oaks, California, shaded from 230 ft on the northwest side to 2,310 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,310 ft 705 m1,790 ft 545 m1,530 ft 465 m1,010 ft 305 m490 ft 150 m230 ft 70 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thousand Oaks sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 670–1,220 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,310 ft 705 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside city limits

Thousand Oaks spans about 2,080 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
2,310 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Thousand Oaks
890 ft270 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thousand Oaks, California, shaded from 230 ft on the northwest side to 2,310 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Ventura County, California, United States
Population
124,229 2024 est.
Land area
55.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,248 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.1706° N, 118.8375° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 6
91320 91360 91361 91362 93012 93021
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bell Canyon1,400 ft
  2. Oak Park1,130 ft
  3. Lake Sherwood1,090 ft
  4. Calabasas1,090 ft
  5. Agoura Hills970 ft
  6. Simi Valley960 ft
  7. Westlake Village930 ft
  8. Thousand Oaks840 ft
  9. Casa Conejo660 ft
  10. Moorpark570 ft
  11. Santa Rosa Valley450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Oat Mountain3,765 ft
  • Boney Mountain2,990 ft
  • Sulphur Mountain2,820 ft
  • Saddle Peak2,807 ft
  • South Mountain2,340 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).
  • 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, 230 ft at 34.2251° N, 118.9299° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.