Mojave, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mojave, California, shaded from 2,540 ft on the south side to 4,140 ft on Soledad Mountain
Elevation
4,140 ft 1,260 m3,740 ft 1,140 m3,540 ft 1,080 m3,140 ft 955 m2,740 ft 835 m2,540 ft 775 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Mojave sits at about 2,760 ft (840 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,760 ft 840 m
most residents: 2,700–2,860 ft
Lowest
2,540 ft 775 m
on the south side
Highest
4,140 ft 1,260 m
on Soledad Mountain
Average
2,860 ft 870 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mojave spans about 1,600 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
2,760 ft840 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Soledad Mountain
4,140 ft1,260 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
2,540 ft775 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mojave
2,760 ft840 m
Airport (MHV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,801 ft854 m
Average of all land2,860 ft870 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mojave, California, shaded from 2,540 ft on the south side to 4,140 ft on Soledad Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kern County, California, United States
Population
4,699 2020 Census
Land area
58.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
80 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.0525° N, 118.1740° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Rogers Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (MHV) 2,801 ft
ZIP codes 1
93501
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountain Meadows4,310 ft
  2. Tehachapi4,000 ft
  3. Golden Hills3,950 ft
  4. Stallion Springs3,830 ft
  5. Keene3,020 ft
  6. Mojave2,760 ft
  7. California City2,390 ft
  8. Lancaster2,380 ft
  9. Edwards AFB2,380 ft
  10. Rosamond2,350 ft
  11. North Edwards2,300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Covington Mountain7,880 ft
  • Cummings Mountain7,750 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Kern County6,920 ft
  • Cache Peak6,680 ft
  • Soledad Mountain4,140 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.
  • Mojave 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.