Twin Lakes, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Twin Lakes, California, shaded from sea level level on Monterey Bay to 67 ft on the east side
Elevation
67 ft 21 m50 ft 15 m42 ft 13 m25 ft 8 m8 ft 3 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

Twin Lakes sits at about 52 ft (16 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
52 ft 16 m
most residents: 33–60 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Monterey Bay
Highest
67 ft 20 m
on the east side
Average
45 ft 14 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Twin Lakes spans about 67 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
52 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
67 ft20 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Monterey Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Twin Lakes
54 ft16 m
Average of all land45 ft14 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Twin Lakes, California, shaded from sea level level on Monterey Bay to 67 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States
Population
4,944 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
7,165 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.9675° N, 121.9980° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95062
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pasatiempo400 ft
  2. Aptos230 ft
  3. Soquel160 ft
  4. Rio del Mar150 ft
  5. Seacliff140 ft
  6. Capitola89 ft
  7. Live Oak84 ft
  8. Santa Cruz70 ft
  9. Paradise Park64 ft
  10. Twin Lakes52 ft
  11. Pleasure Point45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Copernicus Peak4,360 ft
  • Black Mountain, Santa Clara County3,955 ft
  • Loma Prieta3,792 ft
  • Mount Toro3,564 ft
  • Mount Bielawski3,234 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.
  • Twin Lakes 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.