Rockaway Beach, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, shaded from 7 ft on the south side to 450 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
450 ft 135 m340 ft 100 m280 ft 85 m170 ft 50 m61 ft 19 m7 ft 2 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rockaway Beach sits at about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
26 ft 8 m
most residents: 15–75 ft
Lowest
7 ft 2 m
on the south side
Highest
450 ft 135 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
44 ft 13 m
all land inside city limits

Rockaway Beach spans about 443 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
26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
450 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
7 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rockaway Beach
23 ft7 m
Average of all land44 ft13 m
Nearest peak
Captain Gray Mountain, 1.8 mi southeast of the city limits
1,690 ft515 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, shaded from 7 ft on the south side to 450 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States
Population
1,441 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
901 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.6134° N, 123.9429° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
97136
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Neahkahnie220 ft
  2. Barnesdale190 ft
  3. Wheeler130 ft
  4. Nehalem81 ft
  5. Manzanita78 ft
  6. Bay City78 ft
  7. Garibaldi48 ft
  8. Idaville40 ft
  9. Bayside Gardens29 ft
  10. Rockaway Beach26 ft
  11. Cape Meares22 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rogers Peak3,700 ft
  • Edwards Butte3,160 ft
  • Humbug Mountain, Clatsop County2,440 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 city 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 city 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).
  • 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.