Los Angeles, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Los Angeles, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 5,076 ft on Mount Lukens
Elevation
5,080 ft 1,545 m3,810 ft 1,160 m3,170 ft 965 m1,900 ft 580 m630 ft 195 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Los Angeles sits at about 370 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
370 ft 115 m
most residents: 110–960 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
5,076 ft 1,547 m
on Mount Lukens
Average
730 ft 220 m
all land inside city limits

Los Angeles spans about 5,080 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
370 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Mount Lukens
5,076 ft1,547 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Los Angeles
280 ft85 m
Airport (LAX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
128 ft39 m
Average of all land730 ft220 m
Nearest peak
Mount Gleason, 7.4 mi north of the city limits
6,530 ft1,990 m

Elevation profile, south to north

31 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Los Angeles, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 5,076 ft on Mount Lukens
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
City in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Population
3,878,704 2024 est.
Land area
470.5 sq mi + 31.5 sq mi water
Density
8,243 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.0522° N, 118.2437° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Los Angeles International (LAX) 128 ft
ZIP codes 118
118 ZIP codes90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 90007 90008 90010 90011 90012 90013 90014 90015 90016 90017 90018 90019 90020 90021 90023 90024 90025 90026 90027 90028 90029 90031 90032 90033 90034 90035 90036 90037 90038 90039 90041 90042 90043 90044 90045 90046 90047 90048 90049 90052 90057 90058 90059 90061 90062 90063 90064 90065 90066 90067 90068 90069 90071 90077 90079 90089 90094 90095 90210 90230 90247 90248 90272 90291 90292 90293 90402 90501 90502 90710 90731 90732 90744 91040 91042 91303 91304 91306 91307 91311 91316 91324 91325 91326 91330 91331 91335 91340 91342 91343 91344 91345 91352 91356 91364 91367 91371 91401 91402 91403 91405 91406 91411 91423 91436 91504 91601 91602 91604 91605 91606 91607
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Pasadena650 ft
  2. Glendale580 ft
  3. Los Angeles370 ft
  4. East Los Angeles230 ft
  5. Huntington Park160 ft
  6. Maywood160 ft
  7. Vernon150 ft
  8. Commerce150 ft
  9. Walnut Park150 ft
  10. Florence-Graham140 ft
  11. Bell140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Gleason6,530 ft
  • Mount Lukens5,076 ft
  • Oat Mountain3,765 ft
  • Saddle Peak2,807 ft
  • San Pedro Hill1,480 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −8 ft at 33.9926° N, 118.4743° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.