Hilo, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hilo, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 2,080 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,560 ft 475 m1,300 ft 395 m780 ft 235 m260 ft 80 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hilo sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 29–780 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
2,080 ft 635 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
530 ft 160 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Hilo 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
2,080 ft635 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hilo
20 ft6 m
Airport (ITO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
38 ft12 m
Average of all land530 ft160 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hilo, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 2,080 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Population
44,186 2020 Census
Land area
53.6 sq mi + 6.0 sq mi water
Density
824 per sq mi
Coordinates
19.7225° N, 155.0868° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Hilo International (ITO) 38 ft
ZIP codes 1
96720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountain View1,740 ft
  2. Kurtistown640 ft
  3. Pepeekeo540 ft
  4. Orchidlands Estates490 ft
  5. Honomu320 ft
  6. Keaau300 ft
  7. Hilo280 ft
  8. Wainaku260 ft
  9. Papaikou220 ft
  10. Hawaiian Paradise Park220 ft
  11. Paukaa190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mauna Kea13,803 ft
  • Mauna Loa13,670 ft
  • Hualālai8,260 ft
  • Kaumu o Kaleihoohie5,490 ft
  • Hālaʻi390 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 19.7204° N, 155.0735° 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: 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.
  • Hilo 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.