Kernville, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kernville, California, shaded from 2,570 ft on the south side to 5,760 ft at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains
Elevation
5,760 ft 1,755 m4,960 ft 1,515 m4,560 ft 1,390 m3,770 ft 1,150 m2,970 ft 905 m2,570 ft 785 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Kernville sits at about 2,730 ft (830 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,730 ft 830 m
most residents: 2,640–3,660 ft
Lowest
2,570 ft 785 m
on the south side
Highest
5,760 ft 1,755 m
at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains
Average
3,190 ft 975 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Kernville spans about 3,190 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
2,730 ft830 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains
5,760 ft1,755 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
2,570 ft785 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kernville
2,650 ft805 m
Airport (L05)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,614 ft797 m
Average of all land3,190 ft975 m
Nearest peak
Black Mountain, Kern County, 3.5 mi west of the CDP boundary
7,430 ft2,265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kernville, California, shaded from 2,570 ft on the south side to 5,760 ft at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains
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
1,549 2020 Census
Land area
12.6 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
123 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.7547° N, 118.4254° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Kern River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Kern Valley (L05) 2,614 ft
ZIP codes 1
93238
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Alta Sierra, Kern County5,790 ft
  2. Sugarloaf Saw Mill5,510 ft
  3. Panorama Heights5,070 ft
  4. Bodfish3,190 ft
  5. Squirrel Mountain Valley2,950 ft
  6. Wofford Heights2,850 ft
  7. Onyx2,790 ft
  8. Weldon2,760 ft
  9. Kernville2,730 ft
  10. Mountain Mesa2,680 ft
  11. Lake Isabella2,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cannell Peak9,470 ft
  • Piute Peak8,437 ft
  • Tobias Peak8,292 ft
  • Baker Peak7,910 ft
  • Black Mountain, Kern County7,430 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.
  • Kernville 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.