Castle Rock, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Castle Rock, Washington, shaded from 29 ft on the southeast side to 290 ft at the foot of the Wilkes Hills
Elevation
290 ft 90 m220 ft 70 m190 ft 60 m130 ft 40 m61 ft 19 m29 ft 9 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Castle Rock sits at about 52 ft (16 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
52 ft 16 m
most residents: 43–120 ft
Lowest
29 ft 9 m
on the southeast side
Highest
290 ft 90 m
at the foot of the Wilkes Hills
Average
69 ft 21 m
all land inside city limits

Castle Rock spans about 261 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
52 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Wilkes Hills
290 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
29 ft9 m
Town center
USGS map point for Castle Rock
56 ft17 m
Average of all land69 ft21 m
Nearest peak
Abernathy Mountain, 8.9 mi northwest of the city limits
2,600 ft795 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Castle Rock, Washington, shaded from 29 ft on the southeast side to 290 ft at the foot of the Wilkes Hills
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States
Population
2,445 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,167 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.2751° N, 122.9076° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
98611
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Winlock390 ft
  2. Longview Heights310 ft
  3. Ryderwood270 ft
  4. Beacon Hill200 ft
  5. Vader170 ft
  6. Rainier, OR140 ft
  7. Toledo110 ft
  8. Castle Rock52 ft
  9. Lexington32 ft
  10. Kelso23 ft
  11. Longview12 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Elk Rock4,390 ft
  • Lakeview Peak3,880 ft
  • Nicolai Mountain3,010 ft
  • Davis Peak, Cowlitz County2,957 ft
  • Abernathy Mountain2,600 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.