THE HERCULES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
East Bay Hills/Western Diablo Range setting.
Hercules city has 6.41 square miles of land in Contra Costa County. Its Census reference point is in East Bay Hills/Western Diablo Range, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hercules and Contra Costa County
Hercules is associated with Contra Costa County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hercules by land and water
The Census records 13.6 square miles of water within Hercules, or 67.9% of its total area. It is 57.1 percentage points higher than the 10.8% recorded for Contra Costa County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hercules city has 21 times the land area of nearby Bayview CDP (0.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

