Homewood Canyon, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Homewood Canyon, California, shaded from 2,170 ft on the southeast side to 5,030 ft at the foot of the Argus Range
Elevation
5,030 ft 1,535 m4,310 ft 1,315 m3,960 ft 1,205 m3,240 ft 990 m2,530 ft 770 m2,170 ft 660 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.
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

Homewood Canyon sits at about 3,330 ft (1,015 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
3,330 ft 1,015 m
few residents
Lowest
2,170 ft 660 m
on the southeast side
Highest
5,030 ft 1,535 m
at the foot of the Argus Range
Average
3,330 ft 1,015 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Homewood Canyon spans about 2,860 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
3,330 ft1,015 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Argus Range
5,030 ft1,535 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
2,170 ft660 m
Airport (L72)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.4 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
1,718 ft524 m
Average of all land3,330 ft1,015 m
Nearest peak
Argus Peak, 2.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
6,540 ft1,995 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.3 mi west to east through the middle of Homewood Canyon.

Altitude Effects

What 3,330 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.8 °F96.6 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.5 inHg (89.7 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+7% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Homewood Canyon, California, shaded from 2,170 ft on the southeast side to 5,030 ft at the foot of the Argus Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Inyo County, California, United States
Population
40 2020 Census
Land area
10.2 sq mi
Density
3.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.8826° N, 117.3789° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Borax Flat basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Trona (L72) 1,718 ft
ZIP codes 1
92328
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Darwin4,910 ft
  2. Johannesburg3,560 ft
  3. Homewood Canyon3,330 ft
  4. Pearsonville2,550 ft
  5. Inyokern2,450 ft
  6. China Lake Acres2,420 ft
  7. Ridgecrest Heights2,420 ft
  8. Ridgecrest2,300 ft
  9. Valley Wells2,190 ft
  10. Trona1,730 ft
  11. Searles Valley1,680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Maturango Peak8,842 ft
  • Manly Peak7,150 ft
  • Argus Peak6,540 ft
  • Needle Peak5,780 ft
  • Straw Peak5,570 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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).
  • Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
  • 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.
  • Homewood Canyon 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.