Desert View Highlands, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Desert View Highlands, California, shaded from 2,680 ft on the north side to 2,800 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,800 ft 855 m2,770 ft 845 m2,750 ft 840 m2,730 ft 830 m2,700 ft 820 m2,680 ft 815 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Desert View Highlands sits at about 2,720 ft (830 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,720 ft 830 m
most residents: 2,700–2,750 ft
Lowest
2,680 ft 815 m
on the north side
Highest
2,800 ft 855 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,720 ft 830 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Desert View Highlands spans about 120 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
2,720 ft830 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
2,800 ft855 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
2,680 ft815 m
Town center
USGS map point for Desert View Highlands
2,710 ft825 m
Airport (PMD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
2,543 ft775 m
Average of all land2,720 ft830 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Desert View Highlands, California, shaded from 2,680 ft on the north side to 2,800 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Population
2,676 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
6,068 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.5908° N, 118.1526° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Rosamond Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 (PMD) 2,543 ft
ZIP codes 1
93551
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Leona Valley3,450 ft
  2. Elizabeth Lake3,380 ft
  3. Acton3,240 ft
  4. Green Valley, Los Angeles County3,000 ft
  5. Littlerock2,880 ft
  6. Sun Village2,730 ft
  7. Desert View Highlands2,720 ft
  8. Agua Dulce2,720 ft
  9. Palmdale2,680 ft
  10. Quartz Hill2,470 ft
  11. Lancaster2,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Williamson, Los Angeles County8,240 ft
  • Waterman Mountain8,030 ft
  • Pacifico Mountain7,137 ft
  • Mount Gleason6,530 ft
  • Mount Lukens5,076 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,680 ft at 34.5979° N, 118.1501° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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 View Highlands 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.