Salton Sea Beach, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
−190 ft −60 m−200 ft −60 m−210 ft −65 m−220 ft −65 m−230 ft −70 m−230 ft −70 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Salton Sea Beach sits about 220 ft (65 m) below sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
−220 ft −65 m
most residents: −220–−210 ft
Lowest
−230 ft −70 m
on the northeast side
Highest
−190 ft −60 m
on the southwest side
Average
−220 ft −65 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Salton Sea Beach spans about 40 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.
About 100% of residents live below sea level.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | −220 ft−65 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | −190 ft−60 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | −230 ft−70 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Salton Sea Beach | −220 ft−65 m |
| Average of all land | −220 ft−65 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Imperial County, California, United States
- Population
- 508 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,649 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.3750° N, 116.0119° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Salton Sea basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 92274
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Borrego Springs620 ft
- Coachella−63 ft
- Vista Santa Rosa−63 ft
- North Shore−85 ft
- Thermal−120 ft
- Salton City−160 ft
- Mecca−170 ft
- Oasis−180 ft
- Desert Shores−210 ft
- Salton Sea Beach−220 ft
- Bombay Beach−220 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California1,621st highest of 1,622
- Towns in Imperial County17th highest of 18
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Toro Peak8,690 ft
- Rabbit Peak6,650 ft
- Martinez Mountain6,570 ft
- Whale Peak5,350 ft
- Coyote Mountain3,194 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.
- Salton Sea Beach 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.