Cape Meares, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cape Meares, Oregon, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 690 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
690 ft 210 m520 ft 160 m430 ft 130 m260 ft 80 m87 ft 26 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Cape Meares sits at about 22 ft (7 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
22 ft 7 m
most residents: 21–45 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
690 ft 210 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
90 ft 28 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cape Meares spans about 690 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
22 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
690 ft210 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cape Meares
260 ft80 m
Airport (TMK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.2 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
39 ft12 m
Average of all land90 ft28 m
Nearest peak
Captain Gray Mountain, 2.2 mi north of the CDP boundary
1,690 ft515 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cape Meares, Oregon, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 690 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 Tillamook County, Oregon, United States
Population
135 2020 Census
Land area
3.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
39 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.4898° N, 123.9587° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Tillamook (TMK) 39 ft
ZIP codes 1
97141
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oceanside220 ft
  2. Barnesdale190 ft
  3. Pleasant Valley150 ft
  4. Netarts97 ft
  5. Bay City78 ft
  6. Fairview, Tillamook County62 ft
  7. Garibaldi48 ft
  8. Idaville40 ft
  9. Tillamook28 ft
  10. Rockaway Beach26 ft
  11. Cape Meares22 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rogers Peak3,700 ft
  • South Point3,170 ft
  • Edwards Butte3,160 ft
  • Captain Gray Mountain1,690 ft
  • Buzzard Butte1,680 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, −9 ft at 45.4871° N, 123.9776° 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: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Cape Meares is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.