El Portal, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Portal, California, shaded from 1,670 ft on the west side to 3,760 ft at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
Elevation
3,760 ft 1,145 m3,240 ft 985 m2,980 ft 905 m2,460 ft 750 m1,930 ft 590 m1,670 ft 510 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

El Portal sits at about 2,220 ft (675 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,220 ft 675 m
most residents: 1,860–2,430 ft
Lowest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the west side
Highest
3,760 ft 1,145 m
at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
Average
2,200 ft 670 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

El Portal spans about 2,090 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
2,220 ft675 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
3,760 ft1,145 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,670 ft510 m
Town center
USGS map point for El Portal
1,920 ft585 m
Average of all land2,200 ft670 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Portal, California, shaded from 1,670 ft on the west side to 3,760 ft at the foot of the Chowchilla Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mariposa County, California, United States
Population
372 2020 Census
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
200 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6747° N, 119.7841° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Merced River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95318
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Yosemite West5,870 ft
  2. Fish Camp5,090 ft
  3. Foresta4,430 ft
  4. Wawona4,150 ft
  5. Yosemite Valley3,980 ft
  6. Buck Meadows3,010 ft
  7. Midpines2,780 ft
  8. Bootjack2,310 ft
  9. El Portal2,220 ft
  10. Mt. Bullion2,190 ft
  11. Mariposa2,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Triple Divide Peak11,590 ft
  • Mount Hoffmann10,820 ft
  • Iron Mountain9,170 ft
  • Deadwood Peak, Madera County4,543 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 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.
  • El Portal 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.