Lake County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

8,450 ft 2,575 m7,380 ft 2,250 m6,840 ft 2,085 m5,760 ft 1,755 m4,690 ft 1,430 m4,150 ft 1,265 m

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lake County averages about 5,160 ft (1,570 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,150 ft on the west side to 8,451 ft on Crane Mountain.

Average elevation

5,160 ft 1,570 m

all land inside the county

Highest

8,451 ft 2,576 m

on Crane Mountain

Lowest

4,150 ft 1,265 m

on the west side

Lake County spans about 4,300 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	5,160 ft1,570 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Crane Mountain (NGS survey height)	8,451 ft2,576 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side	4,150 ft1,265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

78 mi west to east through Lakeview.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Oregon, United States
Population: 8,194 2024 est.
Land area: 8,138.6 sq mi + 219.5 sq mi water
Density: 1.0 per sq mi
Time zone: Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions: Basin and Range 67%, Columbia Plateau 33%
Drains to: Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 38%, Goose Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 21%, Beasley Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 17%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Washoe County, NV5,400 ft
Lake County5,160 ft
Modoc County, CA5,000 ft
Klamath County4,970 ft
Harney County4,860 ft
Deschutes County4,570 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Oregonhighest of 36
Counties in the United States163rd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Crane Mountain8,451 ft
Gearhart Mountain8,368 ft
Light Peak8,323 ft
Warner Peak8,024 ft
Cougar Peak7,910 ft

All 5 towns in Lake County by typical elevation

New Pine Creek4,840 ft
Lakeview4,770 ft
Plush4,490 ft
Paisley4,370 ft
Silver Lake4,350 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.