Virginia Lakes, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
11,350 ft 3,460 m10,860 ft 3,310 m10,620 ft 3,240 m10,140 ft 3,090 m9,660 ft 2,945 m9,420 ft 2,870 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Virginia Lakes sits at about 9,840 ft (3,000 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
9,840 ft 3,000 m
few residents
Lowest
9,420 ft 2,870 m
on the east side
Highest
11,350 ft 3,460 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
9,920 ft 3,025 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Virginia Lakes spans about 1,930 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 9,840 ft3,000 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 11,350 ft3,460 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 9,420 ft2,870 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Virginia Lakes | 9,620 ft2,935 m |
| Average of all land | 9,920 ft3,025 m |
| Nearest peak Dunderberg Peak, 0.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary | 12,360 ft3,765 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 9,840 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
193.7 °F89.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
69% of sea level
20.7 inHg (70.1 kPa): each breath holds 31% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
14.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+20% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mono County, California, United States
- Population
- 7 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 4.8 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.0521° N, 119.2526° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains
- Drains to
- East Walker River → Walker River → Walker Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 93541
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Virginia Lakes9,840 ft
- Mammoth Lakes7,910 ft
- June Lake7,620 ft
- Twin Lakes, Mono County7,160 ft
- Lee Vining6,800 ft
- Mono City6,760 ft
- Bridgeport6,480 ft
- Yosemite West5,870 ft
- Walker5,440 ft
- Foresta4,430 ft
- Yosemite Valley3,980 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Californiahighest of 1,622
- Towns in Mono Countyhighest of 18
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Excelsior Mountain12,420 ft
- Dunderberg Peak12,360 ft
- Mount Warren12,310 ft
- Tioga Crest11,900 ft
- Camiaca Peak11,720 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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).
- 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Virginia Lakes 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. All public domain.