Government Camp, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Government Camp, Oregon, shaded from 3,680 ft on the west side to 4,080 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
4,080 ft 1,245 m3,980 ft 1,215 m3,930 ft 1,200 m3,830 ft 1,170 m3,730 ft 1,140 m3,680 ft 1,125 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Government Camp sits at about 3,930 ft (1,200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,930 ft 1,200 m
most residents: 3,780–4,060 ft
Lowest
3,680 ft 1,125 m
on the west side
Highest
4,080 ft 1,245 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,890 ft 1,185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Government Camp spans about 400 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
3,930 ft1,200 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
4,080 ft1,245 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
3,680 ft1,125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Government Camp
3,890 ft1,185 m
Average of all land3,890 ft1,185 m
Nearest peak
Mount Hood, 5.2 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
11,250 ft3,429 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,930 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.7 °F95.9 °C

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

Air pressure
87% of sea level

25.9 inHg (87.7 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+8% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Government Camp, Oregon, shaded from 3,680 ft on the west side to 4,080 ft on the east 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 Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
Population
179 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
240 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.3040° N, 121.7548° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Sandy River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
97028
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Government Camp3,930 ft
  2. Sportsmans Park2,230 ft
  3. Pine Grove2,200 ft
  4. Pine Hollow1,890 ft
  5. Wamic1,770 ft
  6. Parkdale1,740 ft
  7. Rhododendron1,630 ft
  8. Mount Hood1,530 ft
  9. Mount Hood Villages1,260 ft
  10. Odell740 ft
  11. North Bonneville, WA45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Hood11,250 ft
  • Lookout Mountain, Hood River County6,536 ft
  • Frog Lake Buttes5,340 ft
  • Tom Dick and Harry Mountain5,060 ft
  • Devils Peak, Clackamas County5,050 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).
  • 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.
  • Government Camp 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.