San Jacinto, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Jacinto, California, shaded from 1,450 ft on the northwest side to 3,030 ft at the foot of the Santa Rosa Hills
Elevation
3,030 ft 925 m2,630 ft 800 m2,430 ft 740 m2,040 ft 620 m1,640 ft 500 m1,450 ft 440 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

San Jacinto sits at about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,500–1,620 ft
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,030 ft 925 m
at the foot of the Santa Rosa Hills
Average
1,570 ft 475 m
all land inside city limits

San Jacinto spans about 1,580 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
1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Santa Rosa Hills
3,030 ft925 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,450 ft440 m
Town center
USGS map point for San Jacinto
1,570 ft475 m
Airport (HMT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi southwest of the city limits
1,515 ft462 m
Average of all land1,570 ft475 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San Jacinto, California, shaded from 1,450 ft on the northwest side to 3,030 ft at the foot of the Santa Rosa Hills
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
55,515 2024 est.
Land area
25.9 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,146 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7839° N, 116.9586° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
San Jacinto River → Temescal Wash → Santa Ana River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Hemet-Ryan (HMT) 1,515 ft
ZIP codes 2
92582 92583
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Beaumont2,610 ft
  2. Banning2,490 ft
  3. Valle Vista1,750 ft
  4. East Hemet1,690 ft
  5. Homeland1,610 ft
  6. Green Acres1,570 ft
  7. Hemet1,560 ft
  8. San Jacinto1,540 ft
  9. Nuevo1,500 ft
  10. Lakeview1,480 ft
  11. Winchester1,470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Gorgonio Mountain11,490 ft
  • San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
  • Palm View Peak7,160 ft
  • Thomas Mountain6,830 ft
  • Cahuilla Mountain5,610 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, 1,440 ft at 33.8265° N, 117.0212° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.