Lake Mathews, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Mathews, California, shaded from 1,320 ft on the northwest side to 2,430 ft on Gavilan Peak
Elevation
2,430 ft 740 m2,150 ft 655 m2,010 ft 615 m1,740 ft 530 m1,460 ft 445 m1,320 ft 400 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

Lake Mathews sits at about 1,660 ft (505 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,660 ft 505 m
most residents: 1,470–2,090 ft
Lowest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,430 ft 740 m
on Gavilan Peak
Average
1,750 ft 530 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lake Mathews spans about 1,110 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
1,660 ft505 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Gavilan Peak
2,430 ft740 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,320 ft400 m
Airport (RIV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
1,536 ft468 m
Average of all land1,750 ft530 m
Nearest peak
Santiago Peak, 9.2 mi southwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
5,690 ft1,734 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.0 mi south to north through the middle of Lake Mathews.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Mathews, California, shaded from 1,320 ft on the northwest side to 2,430 ft on Gavilan Peak
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
5,972 2020 Census
Land area
15.9 sq mi
Density
375 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8288° N, 117.3628° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Temescal Wash → Santa Ana River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
March Arb (RIV) 1,536 ft
ZIP codes 2
92504 92570
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mead Valley1,680 ft
  2. Lake Mathews1,660 ft
  3. Meadowbrook1,660 ft
  4. Good Hope1,630 ft
  5. March ARB1,530 ft
  6. Woodcrest1,490 ft
  7. Perris1,450 ft
  8. Warm Springs1,360 ft
  9. El Sobrante, Riverside County1,230 ft
  10. Temescal Valley1,230 ft
  11. Riverside830 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cucamonga Peak8,850 ft
  • Santiago Peak5,690 ft
  • Harrison Mountain4,730 ft
  • Estelle Mountain2,767 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).
  • 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 Mathews 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.