Tulare County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tulare County, California, shaded from 170 ft on the west side to 14,505 ft on Mount Whitney
Elevation
14,500 ft 4,420 m10,920 ft 3,330 m9,130 ft 2,785 m5,550 ft 1,690 m1,960 ft 600 m170 ft 50 m
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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).
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A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
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Elevation Data

Tulare County averages about 4,290 ft (1,305 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 170 ft on the west side to 14,505 ft on Mount Whitney.

Average elevation
4,290 ft 1,305 m
all land inside the county
Highest
14,505 ft 4,421 m
on Mount Whitney
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the west side

Tulare County spans about 14,330 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,290 ft1,305 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Whitney (NGS survey height)
14,505 ft4,421 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

77 mi west to east through Visalia.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tulare County, California, shaded from 170 ft on the west side to 14,505 ft on Mount Whitney
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
483,546 2024 est.
Land area
4,823.9 sq mi + 14.4 sq mi water
Density
100 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Cascade-sierra Mountains 66%, Pacific Border 34%
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Tulare County4,290 ft
  2. Inyo County4,160 ft
  3. Fresno County3,320 ft
  4. Kern County2,390 ft
  5. Kings County380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Langley14,010 ft
  • Mount Keith13,940 ft
  • Mount Kaweah13,770 ft
  • Table Mountain13,620 ft
  • Mount Guyot12,290 ft
All 70 towns in Tulare County by typical elevation
  1. Ponderosa7,220 ft
  2. Silver City6,860 ft
  3. Sequoia Crest6,760 ft
  4. Wilsonia6,610 ft
  5. Kennedy Meadows6,280 ft
  6. Cedar Slope5,670 ft
  7. Sugarloaf Saw Mill5,510 ft
  8. Sugarloaf Village5,140 ft
  9. Panorama Heights5,070 ft
  10. Camp Nelson4,890 ft
  11. McClenney Tract4,820 ft
  12. Poso Park4,640 ft
  13. Pierpoint4,580 ft
  14. Hartland4,510 ft
  15. Pine Flat3,890 ft
  16. Idlewild3,810 ft
  17. Posey3,690 ft
  18. California Hot Springs3,400 ft
  19. Three Rivers1,270 ft
  20. Springville1,010 ft
  21. Ducor540 ft
  22. Lemon Cove520 ft
  23. Richgrove510 ft
  24. East Porterville490 ft
  25. Terra Bella480 ft
  26. Rodriguez Camp450 ft
  27. Lindcove450 ft
  28. Woodlake440 ft
  29. Porterville440 ft
  30. Strathmore400 ft
  31. Tooleville400 ft
  32. Jovista390 ft
  33. East Orosi390 ft
  34. El Rancho390 ft
  35. Exeter380 ft
  36. Lindsay380 ft
  37. Orosi370 ft
  38. Poplar-Cotton Center370 ft
  39. Woodville Farm Labor Camp370 ft
  40. Sultana360 ft
  41. Cutler360 ft
  42. Ivanhoe360 ft
  43. Tonyville360 ft
  44. Farmersville360 ft
  45. Seville350 ft
  46. Plainview350 ft
  47. Linnell Camp350 ft
  48. Yettem350 ft
  49. Dinuba340 ft
  50. Hypericum330 ft
  51. Woodville330 ft
  52. Patterson Tract330 ft
  53. El Monte Mobile Village330 ft
  54. Monson320 ft
  55. Visalia320 ft
  56. Delft Colony310 ft
  57. London300 ft
  58. East Tulare Villa290 ft
  59. Traver290 ft
  60. Goshen280 ft
  61. Tulare280 ft
  62. Earlimart280 ft
  63. West Goshen260 ft
  64. Tipton260 ft
  65. Pixley260 ft
  66. Teviston260 ft
  67. Matheny250 ft
  68. Waukena210 ft
  69. Allensworth200 ft
  70. Alpaugh200 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 170 ft at 35.9771° N, 119.4399° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.