Yucca Valley, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yucca Valley, California, shaded from 3,090 ft on the northeast side to 4,600 ft on the south side
Elevation
4,600 ft 1,400 m4,220 ft 1,285 m4,030 ft 1,230 m3,660 ft 1,115 m3,280 ft 1,000 m3,090 ft 945 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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Yucca Valley sits at about 3,400 ft (1,035 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,400 ft 1,035 m
most residents: 3,260–3,720 ft
Lowest
3,090 ft 945 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,600 ft 1,400 m
on the south side
Average
3,630 ft 1,105 m
all land inside town limits

Yucca Valley spans about 1,510 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
3,400 ft1,035 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
4,600 ft1,400 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
3,090 ft945 m
Town center
USGS map point for Yucca Valley
3,360 ft1,025 m
Airport (L22)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
3,224 ft983 m
Average of all land3,630 ft1,105 m
Nearest peak
Quail Mountain, 8.8 mi southeast of the town limits
5,820 ft1,775 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,400 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.7 °F96.5 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
88% of sea level

26.4 inHg (89.5 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.5% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+7% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yucca Valley, California, shaded from 3,090 ft on the northeast side to 4,600 ft on the south side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in San Bernardino County, California, United States
Population
21,858 2024 est.
Land area
39.8 sq mi
Density
549 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.1142° N, 116.4322° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Coyote Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Yucca Valley (L22) 3,224 ft
ZIP codes 1
92284
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Yucca Valley3,400 ft
  2. Homestead Valley3,280 ft
  3. Joshua Tree2,850 ft
  4. Morongo Valley2,740 ft
  5. Whitewater1,540 ft
  6. Sky Valley1,160 ft
  7. Desert Hot Springs1,100 ft
  8. Desert Edge1,000 ft
  9. Garnet850 ft
  10. Palm Springs450 ft
  11. Thousand Palms240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Gorgonio Mountain11,490 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain9,956 ft
  • Quail Mountain5,820 ft
  • Queen Mountain5,680 ft
  • Hidalgo Mountain4,436 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.