Canyon City, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canyon City, Oregon, shaded from 3,140 ft on the north side to 3,820 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
3,820 ft 1,165 m3,650 ft 1,115 m3,560 ft 1,085 m3,390 ft 1,035 m3,220 ft 985 m3,140 ft 955 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Canyon City sits at about 3,210 ft (980 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,210 ft 980 m
most residents: 3,160–3,530 ft
Lowest
3,140 ft 955 m
on the north side
Highest
3,820 ft 1,165 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,410 ft 1,040 m
all land inside town limits

Canyon City spans about 680 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
3,210 ft980 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
3,820 ft1,165 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
3,140 ft955 m
Town center
USGS map point for Canyon City
3,190 ft975 m
Airport (GCD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi northwest of the town limits
3,703 ft1,129 m
Average of all land3,410 ft1,040 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,210 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.0 °F96.7 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.6 inHg (90.1 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+6% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canyon City, Oregon, shaded from 3,140 ft on the north side to 3,820 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Grant County, Oregon, United States
Population
643 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
457 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3896° N, 118.9502° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Columbia Plateau
Drains to
John Day River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Grant County Regional/Ogilvie Field (GCD) 3,703 ft
ZIP codes 1
97820
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Seneca4,680 ft
  2. Granite4,660 ft
  3. Sumpter4,450 ft
  4. Unity3,980 ft
  5. Long Creek3,760 ft
  6. Prairie City3,560 ft
  7. Canyon City3,210 ft
  8. John Day3,080 ft
  9. Mount Vernon2,860 ft
  10. Dayville2,400 ft
  11. Monument2,010 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Strawberry Mountain9,040 ft
  • Fields Peak7,367 ft
  • Ingle Mountain6,760 ft
  • Black Butte, Grant County6,241 ft
  • Lake Butte6,240 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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).
  • Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
  • 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: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.