Canyon Lake, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canyon Lake, Texas, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,430 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,430 ft 435 m1,250 ft 380 m1,160 ft 355 m980 ft 295 m790 ft 240 m700 ft 215 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.
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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

Canyon Lake sits at about 1,100 ft (335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,100 ft 335 m
most residents: 960–1,230 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,080 ft 330 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Canyon Lake spans about 730 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
1,100 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
700 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Canyon Lake
960 ft295 m
Average of all land1,080 ft330 m

Elevation profile, south to north

14 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canyon Lake, Texas, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,430 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Comal County, Texas, United States
Population
31,124 2020 Census
Land area
142.7 sq mi + 13.4 sq mi water
Density
218 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.8752° N, 98.2625° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Guadalupe River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 5
78070 78132 78133 78623 78666
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blanco1,350 ft
  2. Bulverde1,200 ft
  3. Timberwood Park1,190 ft
  4. Canyon Lake1,100 ft
  5. Spring Branch1,090 ft
  6. Woodcreek1,010 ft
  7. Garden Ridge910 ft
  8. Wimberley910 ft
  9. New Braunfels670 ft
  10. San Marcos630 ft
  11. Lake Dunlap600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Startz Hill1,410 ft
  • Kuhn Hill1,320 ft
  • Tower Hill1,320 ft
  • Moon Mountain1,220 ft
  • Baldy Mountain, Comal County1,170 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).
  • 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.
  • Canyon Lake 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. All public domain.