Rancho Mirage, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rancho Mirage, California, shaded from 170 ft on the east side to 2,410 ft at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains
Elevation
2,410 ft 735 m1,850 ft 565 m1,570 ft 480 m1,010 ft 310 m450 ft 135 m170 ft 50 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
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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

Rancho Mirage sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 220–340 ft
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the east side
Highest
2,410 ft 735 m
at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Rancho Mirage spans about 2,240 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains
2,410 ft735 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
170 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rancho Mirage
270 ft80 m
Airport (PSP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi northwest of the city limits
477 ft145 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m
Nearest peak
Asbestos Mountain, 5.9 mi south of the city limits
5,250 ft1,600 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rancho Mirage, California, shaded from 170 ft on the east side to 2,410 ft at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
18,001 2024 est.
Land area
25.7 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
700 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7397° N, 116.4128° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Whitewater River → Salton Sea basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Palm Springs International (PSP) 477 ft
ZIP codes 1
92270
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sky Valley1,160 ft
  2. Palm Springs450 ft
  3. Cathedral City370 ft
  4. Rancho Mirage280 ft
  5. Thousand Palms240 ft
  6. Palm Desert200 ft
  7. Indian Wells170 ft
  8. Desert Palms110 ft
  9. Bermuda Dunes89 ft
  10. La Quinta67 ft
  11. Indio10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
  • Toro Peak8,690 ft
  • Palm View Peak7,160 ft
  • Martinez Mountain6,570 ft
  • Asbestos Mountain5,250 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).
  • 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. All public domain.