Ventura County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ventura County, California, shaded from sea level on the Pacific Ocean to 8,830 ft on Mount Pinos
Elevation
8,830 ft 2,690 m6,620 ft 2,020 m5,520 ft 1,680 m3,310 ft 1,010 m1,100 ft 335 m0 ft 0 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).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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County area
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Elevation Data

Ventura County averages about 2,650 ft (805 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Pacific Ocean to 8,830 ft on Mount Pinos.

Average elevation
2,650 ft 805 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,830 ft 2,690 m
on Mount Pinos
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean

Ventura County spans about 8,830 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 land2,650 ft805 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Pinos (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
8,830 ft2,690 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

53 mi south to north through Oxnard.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ventura County, California, shaded from sea level on the Pacific Ocean to 8,830 ft on Mount Pinos
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
835,427 2024 est.
Land area
1,840.8 sq mi + 365.8 sq mi water
Density
454 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Ventura County2,650 ft
  2. Kern County2,390 ft
  3. Los Angeles County2,250 ft
  4. Santa Barbara County1,800 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Pinos8,830 ft
  • Frazier Mountain8,017 ft
  • Reyes Peak7,500 ft
  • Alamo Mountain7,380 ft
  • Cobblestone Mountain6,739 ft
All 26 towns in Ventura County by typical elevation
  1. Bell Canyon1,400 ft
  2. Santa Susana1,140 ft
  3. Oak Park1,130 ft
  4. Lake Sherwood1,090 ft
  5. Simi Valley960 ft
  6. Thousand Oaks840 ft
  7. Ojai780 ft
  8. Meiners Oaks760 ft
  9. Piru680 ft
  10. Casa Conejo660 ft
  11. Mira Monte650 ft
  12. Moorpark570 ft
  13. Oak View520 ft
  14. Santa Rosa Valley450 ft
  15. Fillmore440 ft
  16. Somis380 ft
  17. Santa Paula280 ft
  18. North Ventura Avenue200 ft
  19. San Buenaventura (Ventura)180 ft
  20. Camarillo160 ft
  21. Saticoy160 ft
  22. El Rio95 ft
  23. Nyeland Acres72 ft
  24. Oxnard40 ft
  25. Port Hueneme16 ft
  26. Channel Islands Beach11 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, −5 ft at 33.2493° N, 119.5657° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.