Lake Arrowhead, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,270 ft 1,910 m5,770 ft 1,760 m5,510 ft 1,680 m5,010 ft 1,530 m4,510 ft 1,375 m4,260 ft 1,300 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
Lake Arrowhead sits at about 5,390 ft (1,640 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,390 ft 1,640 m
most residents: 5,170–5,710 ft
Lowest
4,260 ft 1,300 m
on the southwest side
Highest
6,270 ft 1,910 m
on Mount Sorenson
Average
5,350 ft 1,630 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Lake Arrowhead spans about 2,010 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 | 5,390 ft1,640 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on Mount Sorenson | 6,270 ft1,910 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 4,260 ft1,300 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lake Arrowhead | 5,190 ft1,580 m |
| Airport (SBD) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.9 mi south of the CDP boundary | 1,159 ft353 m |
| Average of all land | 5,350 ft1,630 m |
| Nearest peak Butler Peak, 7.5 mi east of the CDP boundary | 8,490 ft2,590 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.4 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,390 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.0 °F94.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.5 inHg (83.1 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.2% 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 San Bernardino County, California, United States
- Population
- 12,401 2020 Census
- Land area
- 17.7 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 701 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.2483° N, 117.1892° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Mojave River → Silver Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- San Bernardino International (SBD) 1,159 ft
- ZIP codes 6
- 92317 92321 92352 92378 92385 92391
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Running Springs6,130 ft
- Lake Arrowhead5,390 ft
- Crestline4,740 ft
- Hesperia3,230 ft
- Mentone1,750 ft
- Redlands1,440 ft
- Muscoy1,400 ft
- Rialto1,290 ft
- Highland1,220 ft
- San Bernardino1,200 ft
- Colton1,020 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California56th highest of 1,622
- Towns in San Bernardino County5th highest of 52
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sugarloaf Mountain9,956 ft
- Cucamonga Peak8,850 ft
- Butler Peak8,490 ft
- Harrison Mountain4,730 ft
- Mount Jurupa2,225 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.
- Lake Arrowhead 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.