Kurtistown, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kurtistown, Hawaii, shaded from 350 ft on the northeast side to 1,330 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,330 ft 405 m1,090 ft 330 m970 ft 295 m720 ft 220 m480 ft 145 m350 ft 110 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.
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

Kurtistown sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 490–1,050 ft
Lowest
350 ft 110 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,330 ft 405 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
890 ft 270 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Kurtistown spans about 980 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
640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,330 ft405 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
350 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kurtistown
580 ft175 m
Airport (ITO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.3 mi north of the CDP boundary
38 ft12 m
Average of all land890 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kurtistown, Hawaii, shaded from 350 ft on the northeast side to 1,330 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Population
2,515 2020 Census
Land area
7.2 sq mi
Density
352 per sq mi
Coordinates
19.6021° N, 155.0484° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Hilo International (ITO) 38 ft
ZIP codes 3
96749 96760 96771
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Eden Roc1,770 ft
  2. Mountain View1,740 ft
  3. Fern Acres1,460 ft
  4. Hawaiian Acres1,000 ft
  5. Ainaloa710 ft
  6. Tiki Gardens670 ft
  7. Kurtistown640 ft
  8. Orchidlands Estates490 ft
  9. Keaau300 ft
  10. Hilo280 ft
  11. Hawaiian Paradise Park220 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
  • Kalele100 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.
  • Kurtistown 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.