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Big Bear Lake

United States > California > San Bernardino County > Big Bear Lake

At a surface elevation of 6,743 ft (2,055 m) above sea level, it has an east-west length of approximately seven miles (11 km) and is approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) at its widest measurement, though the lake's width mostly averages a little more than 1⁄2 mi (0.8 km). These approximations are based on the…

Average elevation: 2,209 m

Palm Springs

United States > California > Riverside County

Palm Springs, located in the Coachella Valley, is characterized by striking topography shaped by both the Colorado Desert and surrounding mountain ranges. The city lies at an average elevation of around 480 feet (146 meters) above sea level​. To the west, the San Bernardino Mountains rise dramatically, with…

Average elevation: 859 m

Fort Bragg

United States > California > Mendocino County

Fort Bragg, officially the City of Fort Bragg, is a city along the Pacific Coast of California along Shoreline Highway in Mendocino County. The city is 24 miles (39 km) west of Willits, at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). Its population was 6,983 at the 2020 census.

Average elevation: 8 m

Hemet

United States > California > Hemet

Dedicated to James Simpson, Hemet City Council 1947–48, and mayor 1950 to 1966. Simpson Park is a wilderness park located in the Santa Rosa Hills southeast of Hemet with sheltered picnic area and tables, barbecues, restrooms, and hiking trails. At an elevation of 2,500 feet (760 m), it provides an expansive…

Average elevation: 508 m

Ventura

United States > California > Ventura County

Average elevation: 120 m

Tuolumne

United States > California > Tuolumne County

Average elevation: 802 m

Thermal

United States > California > Riverside County

Average elevation: -36 m

Cameron Park

United States > California > El Dorado County

Cameron Park is situated in an interior chaparral zone or brush zone just east of the Central Valley. It is the closest population center to the Pine Hill Ecological Reserve. Native vegetation includes an abundance of redbud and manzanita bushes, and brush in general. Where treed the native trees are primarily…

Average elevation: 390 m

Kernville

United States > California > Kern County > Kernville

Kernville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, United States. Kernville is located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 2,667 feet (813 m). The population was 1,549 at the 2020 United States census, up from 1,395 at the 2010…

Average elevation: 1,135 m

McLeod Lake

United States > California > Mono County > Mammoth Lakes

Average elevation: 2,880 m

La Habra Heights

United States > California

Average elevation: 190 m

Graeagle

United States > California > Plumas County

Average elevation: 1,393 m

Grapevine

United States > California > Kern County

Average elevation: 501 m

Calistoga

United States > California > Napa County

Average elevation: 160 m

Yucca Valley

United States > California > San Bernardino County

Yucca Valley lies in the middle of the Morongo Basin at a base elevation of 3,300 feet. Joshua Tree National Park is adjacent to its southern border.

Average elevation: 1,106 m

Anderson

United States > California > Shasta County

Average elevation: 151 m

Cloverdale

United States > California > Sonoma County

Average elevation: 145 m

Idyllwild-Pine Cove

United States > California > Riverside County

"Mile-high Idyllwild" is a mountain resort about one-mile (1,600 m) in altitude. Idyllwild is flanked by two large rock formations, Tahquitz Peak and Suicide Rock (also known as Lily Rock), which are famous in Southern California rock-climbing circles. It offers no skiing, so "the Hill" has been minimally…

Average elevation: 1,746 m

Graton

United States > California > Sonoma County > Graton

Graton is located at the southeastern end of Green Valley, on the east bank of the seasonally flooding Atascadero Creek. The elevation ranges from approximately 85 feet (26 m) above Mean Sea Level (MSL) at Atascadero Creek to 213 feet (65 m) MSL at Oak Grove School.

Average elevation: 50 m

Los Padres National Forest

United States > California

Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service, Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,847…

Average elevation: 445 m

Julian

United States > California > Julian > Julian

Average elevation: 1,275 m

Blythe

United States > California > Riverside County > Blythe

Average elevation: 82 m

Twain Harte

United States > California > Tuolumne County

Average elevation: 1,166 m

El Portal

United States > California > Mariposa County

Average elevation: 937 m

Table Mountain

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,073 m

Potrero Hill

United States > California > San Francisco

Average elevation: 17 m

Twentynine Palms

United States > California > Twentynine Palms

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 59.1 square miles (153 km2), all land. The city is at an elevation of 1,988 feet (606 m). The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms is located there.

Average elevation: 690 m

Solvang

United States > California > Santa Barbara County

Solvang is located at 34°35′38″N 120°8′23″W / 34.59389°N 120.13972°W / 34.59389; -120.13972. At an elevation of 505 ft (154 m), it lies in the Santa Ynez Valley some 46 miles (74 km) north-west of Santa Barbara and about 15 miles (24 km) north of the Pacific coast. According to the United…

Average elevation: 194 m

Sebastopol

United States > California > Sonoma County

Sebastopol's elevation is 65 to 250 feet (20 to 76 meters) above sea level. Its downtown is at the intersection of State Route 12 and State Route 116 (Gravenstein Highway), approximately 9 mi (14 km) west of U.S. Route 101.

Average elevation: 48 m

Owens Valley

United States > California > Mono County

Average elevation: 1,758 m

Bird Rock

United States > California > San Diego County

Average elevation: 28 m

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

United States > California

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park lies in a unique geologic setting along the western margin of the Salton Trough. This major topographic depression with the Salton Sink having elevations of 200 ft (61 m) below sea level, forms the northernmost end of an active rift valley and a geological continental plate…

Average elevation: 606 m

Lake Berryessa

United States > California > Napa County

Average elevation: 322 m

Plumas National Forest

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,601 m

Bagdad

United States > California

Average elevation: 236 m

Rancho Santa Fe

United States > California

The climate of Rancho Santa Fe is, for the most part, typical of the San Diego metropolitan area though its higher elevation and inland location lends itself to larger temperature variations.

Average elevation: 62 m

Lake San Marcos

United States > California

Average elevation: 188 m

Mesa Grande

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,028 m

Quartz Hill

United States > California

Average elevation: 803 m

Jamul

United States > California

Average elevation: 306 m

Huntington Lake

United States > California > Fresno County

Average elevation: 2,168 m

Phelps Corner

United States > California

Average elevation: 563 m

Naylor Place

United States > California

Average elevation: 726 m

Nevada

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,207 m

Cerro Gordo Peak

United States > California

Average elevation: 2,468 m

Black Mountain

United States > California

Average elevation: 913 m

Tiltill Mountain

United States > California

Average elevation: 2,488 m

Hutton Peak

United States > California

Average elevation: 486 m

Martinez Mountain

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,697 m

Dumont Dunes

United States > California

Average elevation: 252 m

Cove Beach

United States > California

Average elevation: 34 m

Chicken Coop Hill

United States > California

Average elevation: 34 m

Moose Lodge Falls

United States > California

Average elevation: 175 m

Puente Hills

United States > California

Average elevation: 283 m

Cottonwood Spring

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,022 m

Chimney Rock

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,355 m

Blair Valley

United States > California

Average elevation: 809 m

Sunset Point

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,350 m

Nevada County

United States > California

Average elevation: 819 m

Placerville

United States > California > Placerville

The region east of Placerville, popularly known as Apple Hill and Pleasant Valley, is becoming a center for wine production. The wine region is officially designated as the El Dorado AVA. The largest wineries in the area are Boeger, Lava Cap and Madrona, but most of the 30 plus wineries surrounding Placerville…

Average elevation: 587 m

Beckwourth

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,674 m

Independence

United States > California

Independence is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California. Independence is located 41 miles (66 km) south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3930 feet (1198 m). It is the county seat of Inyo County, California. The population of this census-designated place was 669 at the 2010 census, up from…

Average elevation: 1,199 m

El Dorado County

United States > California

Average elevation: 2,145 m

Lake Thomas A Edison

United States > California

Average elevation: 2,556 m

Tulare County

United States > California

Average elevation: 2,179 m

China Wall

United States > California

Average elevation: 227 m

San Pablo Reservoir

United States > California

Average elevation: 181 m

Whiskeytown Lake

United States > California

Average elevation: 518 m

City of Industry

United States > California

Average elevation: 149 m

Mojave National Preserve

United States > California

Climate in the preserve varies greatly. Summer temperatures average 90 °F (32 °C), with highs exceeding 105 °F (41 °C). Elevations in the preserve range from 7,929 feet (2,417 m) at Clark Mountain to 880 feet (270 m) near Baker. Annual precipitation varies from 3.37 inches (86 mm) near Baker, to almost 9…

Average elevation: 959 m

Sierra National Forest

United States > California

Sierra National Forest covers, in descending order of forestland area, the eastern portions of Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties, adjacent to the southern part of Yosemite National Park. It includes more than 1,300,000 acres (2,000 sq mi; 5,300 km2), at altitudes ranging from 900 to 13,986 feet (274 to…

Average elevation: 1,987 m

Lassen National Forest

United States > California

An ancient volcano, known as Mount Tehama is believed to have been much larger and taller than Lassen Peak. Its erosion is responsible for the topography of the national forest and the national park: a volcanic rim, with elevations beginning at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above sea level.

Average elevation: 1,492 m

Honey Lake

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,361 m

Hawaiian Gardens

United States > California

Average elevation: 12 m

Signal Hill

United States > California

Average elevation: 28 m

Santa Rosa Reservation

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,462 m

Irwindale

United States > California

Average elevation: 149 m

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