Hawaii County, HI Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
13,800 ft 4,205 m10,350 ft 3,155 m8,630 ft 2,630 m5,180 ft 1,580 m1,730 ft 525 m0 ft 0 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Hawaii County averages about 3,900 ft (1,190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Pacific Ocean to 13,803 ft on Mauna Kea.
Average elevation
3,900 ft 1,190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
13,803 ft 4,207 m
on Mauna Kea
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Hawaii County spans about 13,800 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 3,900 ft1,190 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Mauna Kea (NGS survey height) | 13,803 ft4,207 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
77 mi west to east through Hilo.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Hawaii, United States
- Population
- 209,790 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4,028.4 sq mi + 1,057.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 52 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties nearest, by average
- Hawaii County3,900 ft
- Maui County1,770 ft
- Kalawao County1,210 ft
- Kauai County1,170 ft
- Honolulu County720 ft
- San Francisco County, CA180 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Hawaiihighest of 5
- Counties in the United States270th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mauna Kea13,803 ft
- Mauna Loa13,670 ft
- Puʻupoliʻahu13,620 ft
- Hualālai8,260 ft
- Kaumu o Kaleihoohie5,490 ft
All 54 towns in Hawaii County by typical elevation
- Volcano Golf Course4,020 ft
- Volcano3,780 ft
- Mauna Loa Estates3,590 ft
- Honalo3,100 ft
- Royal Hawaiian Estates3,000 ft
- Kaloko2,950 ft
- Waimea2,860 ft
- Hawaiian Ocean View2,520 ft
- Fern Forest2,190 ft
- Eden Roc1,770 ft
- Mountain View1,740 ft
- Captain Cook1,580 ft
- Fern Acres1,460 ft
- Kealakekua1,450 ft
- Holualoa1,310 ft
- Waiohinu1,200 ft
- Honokaa1,190 ft
- Discovery Harbour1,070 ft
- Hawaiian Acres1,000 ft
- Honaunau-Napoopoo970 ft
- Pahala900 ft
- Black Sands870 ft
- Waikoloa Village830 ft
- Leilani Estates820 ft
- Ainaloa710 ft
- Kaiminani710 ft
- Naalehu690 ft
- Tiki Gardens670 ft
- Hawi670 ft
- Pahoa660 ft
- Kurtistown640 ft
- Kukuihaele630 ft
- Paauilo630 ft
- Pepeekeo540 ft
- Halaula520 ft
- Nanawale Estates520 ft
- Kamaili510 ft
- Orchidlands Estates490 ft
- Laupahoehoe460 ft
- Kapaau450 ft
- Kahaluu-Keauhou390 ft
- Honomu320 ft
- Keaau300 ft
- Kailua, Hawaii County290 ft
- Hilo280 ft
- Wainaku260 ft
- Papaikou220 ft
- Hawaiian Paradise Park220 ft
- Seaview220 ft
- Paukaa190 ft
- Hawaiian Beaches170 ft
- Waikoloa Beach Resort62 ft
- Puako29 ft
- Kalapana16 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- 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, −7 ft at 20.1251° N, 155.5987° 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: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.