Onyx, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Onyx, California, shaded from 2,680 ft on the west side to 5,070 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
5,070 ft 1,545 m4,470 ft 1,365 m4,180 ft 1,275 m3,580 ft 1,090 m2,980 ft 910 m2,680 ft 815 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

Onyx sits at about 2,790 ft (850 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,790 ft 850 m
most residents: 2,750–3,250 ft
Lowest
2,680 ft 815 m
on the west side
Highest
5,070 ft 1,545 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,280 ft 1,000 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Onyx spans about 2,390 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
2,790 ft850 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
5,070 ft1,545 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
2,680 ft815 m
Town center
USGS map point for Onyx
2,790 ft850 m
Average of all land3,280 ft1,000 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Onyx, California, shaded from 2,680 ft on the west side to 5,070 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kern County, California, United States
Population
457 2020 Census
Land area
11.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
40 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6902° N, 118.2206° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Kern River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
ZIP codes 2
93255 93283
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kennedy Meadows6,280 ft
  2. Alta Sierra, Kern County5,790 ft
  3. Bodfish3,190 ft
  4. Squirrel Mountain Valley2,950 ft
  5. Wofford Heights2,850 ft
  6. Onyx2,790 ft
  7. Weldon2,760 ft
  8. Kernville2,730 ft
  9. Mountain Mesa2,680 ft
  10. Pearsonville2,550 ft
  11. Lake Isabella2,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cannell Peak9,470 ft
  • Owens Peak8,452 ft
  • Piute Peak8,437 ft
  • Sawtooth Peak7,950 ft
  • Black Mountain, Kern County7,430 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.
  • Onyx 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.