Temescal Valley, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Temescal Valley, California, shaded from 850 ft on the northwest side to 2,800 ft at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains
Elevation
2,800 ft 855 m2,310 ft 705 m2,070 ft 630 m1,580 ft 480 m1,090 ft 335 m850 ft 260 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.
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

Temescal Valley sits at about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,230 ft 375 m
most residents: 1,060–1,550 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,800 ft 855 m
at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Temescal Valley spans about 1,950 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
1,230 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains
2,800 ft855 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
850 ft260 m
Average of all land1,280 ft390 m
Nearest peak
Santiago Peak, 3.3 mi southwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
5,690 ft1,734 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.2 mi west to east through the middle of Temescal Valley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Temescal Valley, California, shaded from 850 ft on the northwest side to 2,800 ft at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
26,232 2020 Census
Land area
19.3 sq mi
Density
1,357 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7578° N, 117.4720° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Temescal Wash → Santa Ana River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
92883
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Mathews1,660 ft
  2. Silverado1,650 ft
  3. Warm Springs1,360 ft
  4. Modjeska1,350 ft
  5. Williams Canyon1,330 ft
  6. Trabuco Canyon1,280 ft
  7. El Sobrante, Riverside County1,230 ft
  8. Temescal Valley1,230 ft
  9. El Cerrito, Riverside County930 ft
  10. Corona800 ft
  11. Home Gardens690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cucamonga Peak8,850 ft
  • Santiago Peak5,690 ft
  • Sunset Peak5,580 ft
  • Estelle Mountain2,767 ft
  • Mount Jurupa2,225 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).
  • 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, 790 ft at 33.7593° N, 117.4885° 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.
  • Temescal Valley 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.