Banning, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Banning, California, shaded from 2,050 ft on the east side to 5,330 ft at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains
Elevation
5,330 ft 1,625 m4,510 ft 1,375 m4,100 ft 1,250 m3,280 ft 1,000 m2,460 ft 750 m2,050 ft 625 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Banning sits at about 2,490 ft (760 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,490 ft 760 m
most residents: 2,310–2,590 ft
Lowest
2,050 ft 625 m
on the east side
Highest
5,330 ft 1,625 m
at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains
Average
2,830 ft 865 m
all land inside city limits

Banning spans about 3,280 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
2,490 ft760 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains
5,330 ft1,625 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
2,050 ft625 m
Town center
USGS map point for Banning
2,350 ft715 m
Airport (BNG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,222 ft677 m
Average of all land2,830 ft865 m
Nearest peak
San Gorgonio Mountain, 5.4 mi north of the city limits
11,490 ft3,500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Banning, California, shaded from 2,050 ft on the east side to 5,330 ft at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
City in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
31,929 2024 est.
Land area
23.2 sq mi
Density
1,374 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.9256° N, 116.8764° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Whitewater River → Salton Sea basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Banning Municipal (BNG) 2,222 ft
ZIP codes 2
92220 92223
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oak Glen4,890 ft
  2. Cherry Valley2,880 ft
  3. Beaumont2,610 ft
  4. Yucaipa2,550 ft
  5. Banning2,490 ft
  6. Calimesa2,470 ft
  7. Valle Vista1,750 ft
  8. East Hemet1,690 ft
  9. Cabazon1,670 ft
  10. Whitewater1,540 ft
  11. San Jacinto1,540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Gorgonio Mountain11,490 ft
  • San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain9,956 ft
  • Butler Peak8,490 ft
  • Harrison Mountain4,730 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.