Black Sands, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Sands, Hawaii, shaded from 760 ft on the east side to 1,020 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m950 ft 290 m920 ft 280 m850 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m760 ft 230 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Black Sands sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 810–950 ft
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the east side
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
890 ft 270 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Black Sands spans about 260 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
870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
760 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Black Sands
880 ft270 m
Average of all land890 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Sands, Hawaii, shaded from 760 ft on the east side to 1,020 ft on the west 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 Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Population
416 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
770 per sq mi
Coordinates
19.4122° N, 154.9604° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
96778
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fern Acres1,460 ft
  2. Black Sands870 ft
  3. Leilani Estates820 ft
  4. Ainaloa710 ft
  5. Tiki Gardens670 ft
  6. Pahoa660 ft
  7. Nanawale Estates520 ft
  8. Kamaili510 ft
  9. Seaview220 ft
  10. Hawaiian Beaches170 ft
  11. Kalapana16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mauna Kea13,803 ft
  • Mauna Loa13,670 ft
  • Hualālai8,260 ft
  • Heiheiahulu1,710 ft
  • Kaumuki1,710 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: local mean sea level (Hawaii has no national vertical datum). NGS plans to replace local mean sea level with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Black Sands 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.