Keene, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Keene, California, shaded from 1,970 ft on the northwest side to 6,810 ft on the west side
Elevation
6,810 ft 2,075 m5,600 ft 1,705 m4,990 ft 1,520 m3,780 ft 1,155 m2,570 ft 785 m1,970 ft 600 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

Keene sits at about 3,020 ft (920 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,020 ft 920 m
most residents: 2,490–4,970 ft
Lowest
1,970 ft 600 m
on the northwest side
Highest
6,810 ft 2,075 m
on the west side
Average
3,440 ft 1,045 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Keene spans about 4,840 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
3,020 ft920 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
6,810 ft2,075 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,970 ft600 m
Town center
USGS map point for Keene
2,600 ft790 m
Airport (TSP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
4,001 ft1,220 m
Average of all land3,440 ft1,045 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,020 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C

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

Air pressure
90% of sea level

26.8 inHg (90.7 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.8% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+6% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Keene, California, shaded from 1,970 ft on the northwest side to 6,810 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kern County, California, United States
Population
469 2020 Census
Land area
9.4 sq mi
Density
50 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2236° N, 118.5623° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Tehachapi Municipal (TSP) 4,001 ft
ZIP codes 3
93518 93531 93561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bear Valley Springs4,350 ft
  2. Mountain Meadows4,310 ft
  3. Tehachapi4,000 ft
  4. Golden Hills3,950 ft
  5. Stallion Springs3,830 ft
  6. Keene3,020 ft
  7. Tarina1,040 ft
  8. Edison560 ft
  9. Di Giorgio490 ft
  10. Edmundson Acres480 ft
  11. Arvin420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Covington Mountain7,880 ft
  • Cummings Mountain7,750 ft
  • Breckenridge Mountain7,577 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Kern County6,920 ft
  • Harper Peak5,807 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.
  • Keene 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.