California topographic maps
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Cucamonga Peak
United States > California > San Bernardino County
Cucamonga Peak is one of the highest peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, with a summit elevation of 8,862 feet (2,701 m). It is within the Cucamonga Wilderness of the San Bernardino National Forest.
Average elevation: 2,240 m
Pala Reservation
United States > California > San Diego County > Sacred Mountain Wellness Village
The reservation occupies parts of four 7.5 minute topographic maps: Boucher Hill, Pala, Pechanga, and Vail Lake, California. The area consists of an area in and around Pala, California. The enrolled tribal members descend from two Indian groups: a band of the Luiseño tribe, and the Cupeño Indians, who were…
Average elevation: 392 m
Upper Lake
United States > California > Lake County > Upper Lake
Upper Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. Upper Lake is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Lakeport, at an elevation of 1,345 feet (410 m). The population was 1,052 at the 2010 census, up from 989 at the 2000 census. The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake are…
Average elevation: 440 m
Angeles National Forest
United States > California > Los Angeles County
The Angeles National Forest manages the habitats, flora and fauna ecosystems, and watersheds. Some of the rivers with watersheds within its boundaries provide valuable non-groundwater recharge water for Southern California. The existing protected and restored native vegetation absorb and slow surface runoff of…
Average elevation: 782 m
Ramona
United States > California > San Diego County
In January 2006, Ramona Valley was designated the country's 162nd American Viticultural Area (AVA) by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which recognized the area for its distinctive microclimate, elevation, and soil attributes.
Average elevation: 469 m
Cajon Pass
United States > California > San Bernardino County
Cajon Pass (/kəˈhoʊn/; Spanish: Puerto del Cajón or Paso del Cajón) is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California. Created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault, it has an elevation of 3,777 ft (1,151 m). Located in…
Average elevation: 1,169 m
Mount Sutro
United States > California > San Francisco
The low mountain is 909 feet (277 m) in elevation. Mount Sutro is one of the many named hills within San Francisco, and among its original "Seven Hills".
Average elevation: 142 m
Lake Piru
United States > California > Ventura County
The elevation of the reservoir is 1,043 ft (318 m), and the elevation of the dam spillway is 1,055 ft (322 m). The dam is owned and operated by the United Water Conservation District based in nearby Santa Paula, California. The district is a multi-service district providing flood control, recreation services,…
Average elevation: 375 m
Redwood National Park
United States > California > Del Norte County
Redwoods prefer sheltered slopes, and they thrive on moist flat ground along rivers below 1,000 feet (300 m) in elevation. Coastal fog provides about 40 percent of their annual water intake. Redwoods have existed along the coast of northern California for at least 20 million years and are related to tree…
Average elevation: 367 m
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is an American national park in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles and north of Palm Springs. It is named after the Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) native to the Mojave Desert. Originally declared a national monument in 1936, Joshua Tree was redesignated…
Average elevation: 639 m
Lexington Reservoir County Park
United States > California > Santa Clara County > Los Gatos
The reservoir is in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, at an elevation of 645 feet (197 m).
Average elevation: 330 m
Bear Valley Springs
United States > California > Kern County
Bear Valley Springs is a guarded-gate community in Kern County, California, United States. Bear Valley Springs is in the Tehachapi Mountains and is part of the greater Tehachapi area. The elevation ranges from 4,121 feet (1,256 m) to 6,934 feet (2,113 m) (Bear Mountain). The population fluctuates between a low…
Average elevation: 1,204 m
Newport Beach
United States > California > Orange County > Newport Beach > Newport Beach
Newport Beach extends in elevation from sea level to the 1,161 ft (354 m) summit of Signal Peak in the San Joaquin Hills, but the official elevation is 25 ft (7.6 m) above sea level at a location of 33°37′0″N 117°53′51″W / 33.61667°N 117.89750°W / 33.61667; -117.89750 (33.616671, −117.897604).
Average elevation: 9 m
Delta Cross Channel
United States > California > Sacramento County > Walnut Grove > Locke
Average elevation: 2 m
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
The Shasta–Trinity National Forest is a federally designated forest in northern California, United States. It is the largest National Forest in California and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2,210,485 acre (894,552 Ha) forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278…
Average elevation: 1,127 m
Tahoe National Forest
Tahoe National Forest’s elevation ranges from 1,500 ft in the American River canyon to over 9,000 ft on top of mt. Lola along the Sierra Crest. The vegetation zones include mountain chaparral, mixed conifer, red fir, and eastside sage-pine/brush. Over 290 animal species inhabit Tahoe national forest along…
Average elevation: 1,426 m
Sequoia National Forest
The Sequoia National Forest covers 1,193,315 acres (1,864.555 sq mi; 4,829.17 km2), and ranges in elevation from 1,000 feet (300 m) in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). Its giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) groves are part of its 196,000 acres (790 km2) of old growth…
Average elevation: 1,326 m
Palm Springs
United States > California > Riverside County
One possible origin of palm in the place name comes from early Spanish explorers who referred to the area as La Palma de la Mano de Dios or "The Palm of God's hand". The earliest use of the name "Palm Springs" is from United States Topographical Engineers who used the term in 1853 maps. According to William…
Average elevation: 859 m
Klamath River
The Upper Klamath Basin, defined by the drainage area of the Klamath River above Iron Gate Dam, is a unique transitional area between the Cascade Range to the west and the Basin and Range Province of the northern Great Basin to the southeast. This region extends from the southern Lower Klamath Lake area into…
Average elevation: 1,017 m
Isla Vista
United States > California > Santa Barbara County > Isla Vista
Isla Vista is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Barbara County, California in the United States. As of 2020 census, the community had a population of 15,500. The majority of residents are college students at the University of California, Santa Barbara or at Santa Barbara…
Average elevation: 6 m
Tuolumne River
Forests in the watershed are divided between several distinct zones. The foothill region is characterized by trees and plants adapted to a hot, dry climate, including chamise (greasewood), California lilac, manzanita, blue oak, interior live oak (Sierra live oak), and gray pine. Further east and higher in…
Average elevation: 774 m
Pollock Pines
United States > California > El Dorado County > Pollock Pines
Pollock Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. Pollock Pines lies at an elevation of 3,980 feet (1,210 m) in the Sierra Nevada. The population was 7,112 at the 2020 census, up from 6,871 at the 2010 census.
Average elevation: 1,023 m
Cameron Park
United States > California > El Dorado County > Cameron Park
Cameron Park is situated in an interior chaparral zone or brush zone just east of the Central Valley. It is the closest population center to the Pine Hill Ecological Reserve. Native vegetation includes an abundance of redbud and manzanita bushes, and brush in general. Where treed the native trees are primarily…
Average elevation: 396 m
Woodside Village
United States > California > Los Angeles County > West Covina
Average elevation: 176 m
Skyforest
United States > California > San Bernardino County > Lake Arrowhead
Average elevation: 1,594 m
Portuguese Bend
United States > California > Los Angeles County > Rancho Palos Verdes
Average elevation: 66 m
Lexington Hills
United States > California > Santa Clara County > Redwood Estates
Average elevation: 424 m
Red Morton Community Park
United States > California > San Mateo County > Redwood City
Average elevation: 18 m
Boron
United States > California > Kern County
Boron (formerly Amargo, Baker, Borate, and Kern) is a unincorporated place in Kern County, California, United States. Boron is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Red Rock Mountain at an elevation of 2,467 feet (752 m). For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Boron as a…
Average elevation: 753 m
Cucamonga Wilderness
United States > California > San Bernardino County > Mount Baldy
Elevations range from about 5,000 to 9,000 feet (1,500 to 2,700 m).
Average elevation: 2,021 m
