Pahoa, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pahoa, Hawaii, shaded from 530 ft on the northeast side to 750 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m670 ft 205 m610 ft 185 m560 ft 170 m530 ft 160 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

Pahoa sits at about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
660 ft 200 m
most residents: 610–690 ft
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the northeast side
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Pahoa spans about 220 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
660 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
530 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pahoa
650 ft200 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pahoa, Hawaii, shaded from 530 ft on the northeast side to 750 ft on the southwest 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
924 2020 Census
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
424 per sq mi
Coordinates
19.4940° N, 154.9443° 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. Black Sands870 ft
  2. Leilani Estates820 ft
  3. Ainaloa710 ft
  4. Tiki Gardens670 ft
  5. Pahoa660 ft
  6. Nanawale Estates520 ft
  7. Kamaili510 ft
  8. Orchidlands Estates490 ft
  9. Hawaiian Paradise Park220 ft
  10. Seaview220 ft
  11. Hawaiian Beaches170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mauna Kea13,803 ft
  • Mauna Loa13,670 ft
  • Hualālai8,260 ft
  • Puu Palai1,320 ft
  • Puʻupāhoehoe1,200 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, 530 ft at 19.5038° N, 154.9401° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Pahoa 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.