Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,580 ft 2,310 m6,430 ft 1,960 m5,850 ft 1,785 m4,700 ft 1,435 m3,550 ft 1,085 m2,980 ft 910 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Idyllwild-Pine Cove sits at about 5,560 ft (1,695 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,560 ft 1,695 m
most residents: 5,210–6,280 ft
Lowest
2,980 ft 910 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,580 ft 2,310 m
at the foot of the San Jacinto Mountains
Average
5,610 ft 1,710 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Idyllwild-Pine Cove spans about 4,600 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 5,560 ft1,695 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the San Jacinto Mountains | 7,580 ft2,310 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 2,980 ft910 m |
| Airport (PSP) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 477 ft145 m |
| Average of all land | 5,610 ft1,710 m |
| Nearest peak San Jacinto Peak, 2.8 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 10,790 ft3,285 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
4.1 mi west to east through the middle of Idyllwild-Pine Cove.
Altitude Effects
What 5,560 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.7 °F94.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.4 inHg (82.5 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
- Population
- 4,163 2020 Census
- Land area
- 13.7 sq mi
- Density
- 303 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.7413° N, 116.7232° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- San Jacinto River → Temescal Wash → Santa Ana River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Palm Springs International (PSP) 477 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 92549
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove5,560 ft
- Mountain Center4,610 ft
- Anza4,030 ft
- Valle Vista1,750 ft
- East Hemet1,690 ft
- Cabazon1,670 ft
- Hemet1,560 ft
- Whitewater1,540 ft
- San Jacinto1,540 ft
- Palm Springs450 ft
- Cathedral City370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California49th highest of 1,622
- Towns in Riverside Countyhighest of 75
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
- Palm View Peak7,160 ft
- Thomas Mountain6,830 ft
- Cahuilla Mountain5,610 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).
- 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.
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove 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.