Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 1,480 ft on San Pedro Hill
Elevation
1,480 ft 450 m1,110 ft 340 m930 ft 280 m560 ft 170 m190 ft 55 m0 ft 0 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.
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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 Palos Verdes sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 240–1,190 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
1,480 ft 450 m
on San Pedro Hill
Average
660 ft 200 m
all land inside city limits

Rancho Palos Verdes spans about 1,480 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on San Pedro Hill
1,480 ft450 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rancho Palos Verdes
220 ft70 m
Airport (LAX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi north of the city limits
128 ft39 m
Average of all land660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 1,480 ft on San Pedro Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Population
40,064 2024 est.
Land area
13.5 sq mi + 26.2 sq mi water
Density
2,974 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7445° N, 118.3870° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Los Angeles International (LAX) 128 ft
ZIP codes 1
90275
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rolling Hills970 ft
  2. Rancho Palos Verdes760 ft
  3. Rolling Hills Estates560 ft
  4. Palos Verdes Estates410 ft
  5. Manhattan Beach130 ft
  6. Redondo Beach110 ft
  7. Lomita92 ft
  8. Torrance88 ft
  9. Hermosa Beach79 ft
  10. West Carson41 ft
  11. Carson35 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Lukens5,076 ft
  • Saddle Peak2,807 ft
  • Mount Orizaba2,100 ft
  • Silver Peak, Los Angeles County1,790 ft
  • San Pedro Hill1,480 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).
  • 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, −1 ft at 33.7393° N, 118.4029° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.