Thousand Palms, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thousand Palms, California, shaded from 100 ft on the southeast side to 1,190 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,190 ft 365 m920 ft 280 m780 ft 240 m510 ft 155 m240 ft 75 m100 ft 30 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thousand Palms sits at about 240 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
240 ft 75 m
most residents: 190–300 ft
Lowest
100 ft 30 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,190 ft 365 m
on the northeast side
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Thousand Palms spans about 1,090 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
240 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
1,190 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
100 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Thousand Palms
250 ft75 m
Airport (PSP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi west of the CDP boundary
477 ft145 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thousand Palms, California, shaded from 100 ft on the southeast side to 1,190 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
7,967 2020 Census
Land area
23.6 sq mi
Density
337 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8200° N, 116.3903° 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 2
92211 92276
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sky Valley1,160 ft
  2. Indio Hills1,100 ft
  3. Desert Edge1,000 ft
  4. Palm Springs450 ft
  5. Cathedral City370 ft
  6. Rancho Mirage280 ft
  7. Thousand Palms240 ft
  8. Palm Desert200 ft
  9. Indian Wells170 ft
  10. Desert Palms110 ft
  11. Bermuda Dunes89 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
  • Palm View Peak7,160 ft
  • Martinez Mountain6,570 ft
  • Quail Mountain5,820 ft
  • Asbestos Mountain5,250 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, 98 ft at 33.7676° N, 116.3035° 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.
  • Thousand Palms 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.