Winchester, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Winchester, California, shaded from 1,440 ft on the west side to 2,080 ft at the foot of the Domenigoni Mountains
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,920 ft 585 m1,840 ft 560 m1,680 ft 510 m1,520 ft 465 m1,440 ft 440 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

Winchester sits at about 1,470 ft (450 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,470 ft 450 m
most residents: 1,460–1,520 ft
Lowest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the west side
Highest
2,080 ft 635 m
at the foot of the Domenigoni Mountains
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Winchester spans about 640 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
1,470 ft450 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Domenigoni Mountains
2,080 ft635 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,440 ft440 m
Town center
USGS map point for Winchester
1,470 ft450 m
Airport (HMT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
1,515 ft462 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Winchester, California, shaded from 1,440 ft on the west side to 2,080 ft at the foot of the Domenigoni Mountains
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
3,068 2020 Census
Land area
8.0 sq mi
Density
382 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7070° N, 117.0845° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Temescal Wash → Santa Ana River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Hemet-Ryan (HMT) 1,515 ft
ZIP codes 2
92545 92596
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Hemet1,690 ft
  2. Homeland1,610 ft
  3. Green Acres1,570 ft
  4. Hemet1,560 ft
  5. San Jacinto1,540 ft
  6. Nuevo1,500 ft
  7. Lakeview1,480 ft
  8. Winchester1,470 ft
  9. Romoland1,450 ft
  10. Menifee1,450 ft
  11. French Valley1,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Jacinto Peak10,780 ft
  • Thomas Mountain6,830 ft
  • Santiago Peak5,690 ft
  • Cahuilla Mountain5,610 ft
  • Estelle Mountain2,767 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).
  • 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.
  • Winchester 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.