Bolivar Peninsula, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, shaded from −2 ft on the northeast side to 31 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
31 ft 10 m23 ft 7 m19 ft 6 m11 ft 3 m2 ft 1 m−2 ft −1 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bolivar Peninsula sits at about 5 ft (2 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
5 ft 2 m
most residents: 2–17 ft
Lowest
−2 ft −1 m
on the northeast side
Highest
31 ft 9 m
on the southwest side
Average
4 ft 1 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bolivar Peninsula spans about 33 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.

10% of Bolivar Peninsula's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 58% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
5 ft2 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
31 ft9 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
−2 ft−1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bolivar Peninsula
8 ft2 m
Average of all land4 ft1 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, shaded from −2 ft on the northeast side to 31 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Galveston County, Texas, United States
Population
2,769 2020 Census
Land area
42.5 sq mi + 5.7 sq mi water
Density
65 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.4783° N, 94.5799° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
77617 77623 77650
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Beach City25 ft
  2. Anahuac19 ft
  3. Stowell19 ft
  4. La Marque13 ft
  5. Galveston9 ft
  6. San Leon8 ft
  7. Texas City7 ft
  8. Oak Island5 ft
  9. Bolivar Peninsula5 ft
  10. Tiki Island4 ft
  11. Bayou Vista3 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Hill, Jefferson County36 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, −12 ft at 29.4571° N, 94.6504° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Bolivar Peninsula 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 tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.