Lucerne Valley, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,940 ft 1,200 m3,660 ft 1,115 m3,530 ft 1,075 m3,260 ft 990 m2,980 ft 910 m2,850 ft 870 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Lucerne Valley 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: 2,920–3,460 ft
Lowest
2,850 ft 870 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,940 ft 1,200 m
on the east side
Average
3,110 ft 950 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Lucerne Valley spans about 1,090 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 | 3,020 ft920 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 3,940 ft1,200 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 2,850 ft870 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lucerne Valley | 2,950 ft900 m |
| Average of all land | 3,110 ft950 m |
| Nearest peak Sidewinder Mountain, 7.2 mi north of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 5,278 ft1,609 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
8.8 mi south to north 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
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in San Bernardino County, California, United States
- Population
- 5,331 2020 Census
- Land area
- 105.6 sq mi
- Density
- 50 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.4439° N, 116.9678° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Lucerne Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 92356
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Big Bear Lake6,840 ft
- Big Bear City6,820 ft
- Running Springs6,130 ft
- Lake Arrowhead5,390 ft
- Crestline4,740 ft
- Hesperia3,230 ft
- Mountain View Acres3,060 ft
- Lucerne Valley3,020 ft
- Victorville3,000 ft
- Apple Valley2,940 ft
- Spring Valley Lake2,800 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California247th highest of 1,622
- Towns in San Bernardino County17th highest of 52
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sugarloaf Mountain9,956 ft
- Butler Peak8,490 ft
- East Ord Mountain6,130 ft
- West Ord Mountain5,510 ft
- Sidewinder Mountain5,278 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).
- 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, 2,840 ft at 34.4612° N, 116.9393° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.
- Lucerne Valley 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.