Mesa Verde, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mesa Verde, California, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 410 ft near the middle
Elevation
410 ft 125 m390 ft 120 m380 ft 115 m360 ft 110 m340 ft 105 m330 ft 100 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

Mesa Verde sits at about 390 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
390 ft 120 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the east side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
near the middle
Average
390 ft 120 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mesa Verde spans about 80 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
390 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
330 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mesa Verde
390 ft120 m
Airport (BLH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.7 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
400 ft122 m
Average of all land390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mesa Verde, California, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 410 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
766 2020 Census
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
178 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6059° N, 114.7311° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Blythe (BLH) 400 ft
ZIP codes 1
92225
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. La Paz Valley, AZ1,020 ft
  2. Quartzsite, AZ880 ft
  3. Desert Center700 ft
  4. Big River410 ft
  5. Mesa Verde390 ft
  6. Poston, AZ330 ft
  7. Ehrenberg, AZ270 ft
  8. Blythe270 ft
  9. Ripley250 ft
  10. Palo Verde230 ft
  11. Cibola, AZ230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cunningham Mountain3,320 ft
  • Sawtooth Mountain2,950 ft
  • Mohave Peak2,740 ft
  • South Trigo Peaks2,640 ft
  • Middle Camp Mountain2,528 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, 320 ft at 33.6007° N, 114.6993° 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).
  • 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.
  • Mesa Verde 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.