Desert Edge, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Desert Edge, California, shaded from 890 ft on the southwest side to 1,130 ft at the foot of the Little San Bernardino Mountains
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m1,070 ft 325 m1,040 ft 320 m980 ft 300 m920 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Desert Edge sits at about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,000 ft 305 m
most residents: 920–1,060 ft
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
at the foot of the Little San Bernardino Mountains
Average
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Desert Edge spans about 240 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
1,000 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Little San Bernardino Mountains
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
890 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Desert Edge
980 ft300 m
Airport (PSP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
477 ft145 m
Average of all land1,010 ft310 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Desert Edge, California, shaded from 890 ft on the southwest side to 1,130 ft at the foot of the Little San Bernardino Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
4,180 2020 Census
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
1,843 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.9242° N, 116.4414° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Whitewater River → Salton Sea basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Palm Springs International (PSP) 477 ft
ZIP codes 1
92241
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Yucca Valley3,400 ft
  2. Morongo Valley2,740 ft
  3. Sky Valley1,160 ft
  4. Desert Hot Springs1,100 ft
  5. Desert Edge1,000 ft
  6. Garnet850 ft
  7. Palm Springs450 ft
  8. Cathedral City370 ft
  9. Rancho Mirage280 ft
  10. Thousand Palms240 ft
  11. Desert Palms110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
  • Palm View Peak7,160 ft
  • Quail Mountain5,820 ft
  • Queen Mountain5,680 ft
  • Asbestos Mountain5,250 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.
  • Desert Edge 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.