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Rio Vista

United States > California > Solano County

Average elevation: 8 m

Kyburz

United States > California > El Dorado County

Average elevation: 1,541 m

Altadena

United States > California > Los Angeles County

Average elevation: 521 m

Live Oak

United States > California > Santa Cruz County > Live Oak

Live Oak is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California between the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola and north of the former Union Pacific railroad. Live Oak sits at an elevation of 102 feet (31 m). The population was 17,038 at the 2020 census. The population of the greater Live Oak area,…

Average elevation: 47 m

Oceanside

United States > California > San Diego County

Oceanside features a diverse topography characterized by its coastal setting and gentle inland elevations. The city is predominantly flat, with its elevation averaging around 66 feet (20 meters) above sea level, allowing for expansive views of the Pacific Ocean along its roughly 3.5 miles of coastline. Inland,…

Average elevation: 32 m

Palm Springs

United States > California > Riverside County

One possible origin of palm in the place name comes from early Spanish explorers who referred to the area as La Palma de la Mano de Dios or "The Palm of God's hand". The earliest use of the name "Palm Springs" is from United States Topographical Engineers who used the term in 1853 maps. According to William…

Average elevation: 859 m

Clayton

United States > California > Contra Costa County

Average elevation: 186 m

Antelope Valley

United States > California

Average elevation: 963 m

Long Barn

United States > California > Tuolumne County

Average elevation: 1,473 m

Mount Langley

United States > California > Tulare County

Average elevation: 3,799 m

Shasta-Trinity National Forest

United States > California

The Shasta–Trinity National Forest is a federally designated forest in northern California, United States. It is the largest National Forest in California and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2,210,485 acre (894,552 Ha) forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278…

Average elevation: 1,127 m

Camarillo

United States > California > Ventura County

In the mid-1950s, the Ventura Freeway was completed from Los Angeles to points north, making it an easy one-hour trip to Camarillo. The Old Town was bisect by the Ventura Freeway. On the southern side of the freeway contains a strip of businesses, churches, schools, and parks. The freeway was originally…

Average elevation: 90 m

Rocklin

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 95 m

Tahoe National Forest

United States > California

Tahoe National Forest’s elevation ranges from 1,500 ft in the American River canyon to over 9,000 ft on top of mt. Lola along the Sierra Crest. The vegetation zones include mountain chaparral, mixed conifer, red fir, and eastside sage-pine/brush. Over 290 animal species inhabit Tahoe national forest along…

Average elevation: 1,426 m

Sequoia National Forest

United States > California

The Sequoia National Forest covers 1,193,315 acres (1,864.555 sq mi; 4,829.17 km2), and ranges in elevation from 1,000 feet (300 m) in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). Its giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) groves are part of its 196,000 acres (790 km2) of old growth…

Average elevation: 1,326 m

Klamath River

United States > California

The Upper Klamath Basin, defined by the drainage area of the Klamath River above Iron Gate Dam, is a unique transitional area between the Cascade Range to the west and the Basin and Range Province of the northern Great Basin to the southeast. This region extends from the southern Lower Klamath Lake area into…

Average elevation: 1,017 m

Tuolumne River

United States > California

Forests in the watershed are divided between several distinct zones. The foothill region is characterized by trees and plants adapted to a hot, dry climate, including chamise (greasewood), California lilac, manzanita, blue oak, interior live oak (Sierra live oak), and gray pine. Further east and higher in…

Average elevation: 774 m

Salinas River

United States > California

Average elevation: 334 m

Death Valley Wilderness

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,105 m

El Dorado Hills

United States > California > El Dorado County > Cameron Park

El Dorado Hills (EDH), as defined by the 2020 census-designated place (CDP), is at the western border of El Dorado County, between the City of Folsom and the unincorporated community of Cameron Park. The northern limits of the CDP are Folsom Lake and the South Fork of the American River, where river rafters…

Average elevation: 250 m

Snow Creek

United States > California > Riverside County

Average elevation: 599 m

Somerset

United States > California > El Dorado County

Average elevation: 642 m

Lockwood

United States > California > Monterey County

Lockwood is in southern Monterey County, 6 miles (10 km) east-southeast of Jolon, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the mouth of Tule Canyon, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) north of the San Antonio River, and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) north of Bryson, at an elevation of 971 feet (296 m). It is 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Lake San…

Average elevation: 307 m

Mount Tallac

United States > California > El Dorado County

Average elevation: 2,552 m

Marble Peak

United States > California > Monterey County

Average elevation: 957 m

Slab City

United States > California > Imperial County

Average elevation: 24 m

May Lake

United States > California > Mariposa County

Average elevation: 2,887 m

Fresno

United States > California > Fresno County

Average elevation: 98 m

Crescent City

United States > California > Del Norte County

The topography of the sea floor surrounding Crescent City has the effect of focusing tsunamis. According to researchers at Humboldt State University and the University of Southern California, the city experienced tsunami conditions 31 times between the years 1933 and 2008. Although many of these incidents were…

Average elevation: 31 m

Scott Mountains

United States > California > Trinity County

Average elevation: 1,789 m

Lake Piru

United States > California > Ventura County

The elevation of the reservoir is 1,043 ft (318 m), and the elevation of the dam spillway is 1,055 ft (322 m). The dam is owned and operated by the United Water Conservation District based in nearby Santa Paula, California. The district is a multi-service district providing flood control, recreation services,…

Average elevation: 375 m

Santa Monica Mountains

United States > California > Los Angeles County

On January 17, 2007, an unusually cold storm brought snow in the Santa Monica Mountains. The hills above Malibu picked up three inches (eight centimeters) of snow - the first measurable snow in fifty years. Snow was reported on Boney Peak in the winter of 2005; and in March 2006, snow also fell on the summit…

Average elevation: 201 m

Feather River

United States > California > Sutter County

Average elevation: 128 m

Joshua Tree National Park

United States > California

Joshua Tree National Park is an American national park in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles and north of Palm Springs. It is named after the Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) native to the Mojave Desert. Originally declared a national monument in 1936, Joshua Tree was redesignated…

Average elevation: 639 m

McArthur

United States > California > Shasta County > McArthur

Average elevation: 1,004 m

Ridgecrest

United States > California > Kern County

Walker Pass (elevation 5,250 ft (1.60 km)) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. It is located in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WSW of Ridgecrest. The pass provides a route between the San Joaquin Valley on the…

Average elevation: 739 m

Bear Valley Springs

United States > California > Kern County

Bear Valley Springs is a guarded-gate community in Kern County, California, United States. Bear Valley Springs is in the Tehachapi Mountains and is part of the greater Tehachapi area. The elevation ranges from 4,121 feet (1,256 m) to 6,934 feet (2,113 m) (Bear Mountain). The population fluctuates between a low…

Average elevation: 1,204 m

Crest

United States > California > San Diego County > Crest

Average elevation: 351 m

Campo

United States > California > San Diego County > Campo

An unnamed private air strip is 4.2 miles (6.8 km) at 332 degrees off true north at 32°39′35″N 116°30′08″W / 32.65972°N 116.50222°W / 32.65972; -116.50222. The name of the field is not listed in the National Geographic Names Data Base or U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation…

Average elevation: 943 m

St. Helena

United States > California > Napa County

Average elevation: 111 m

Taylorsville

United States > California > Plumas County

Average elevation: 1,318 m

Conway Summit

United States > California > Mono County

Average elevation: 2,484 m

Hurleton

United States > California > Butte County

Average elevation: 531 m

Homewood

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 2,014 m

Whispering Pines

United States > California > Lake County > Cobb

Average elevation: 925 m

Cedar Ridge

United States > California > Nevada County

Average elevation: 845 m

Big Bend

United States > California > Butte County

Average elevation: 574 m

Downieville

United States > California > Sierra County

Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States. Downieville is on the North Fork of the Yuba River, at an elevation of 2,966 feet (904 m). The 2020 United States census reported Downieville's population was 290.

Average elevation: 1,157 m

Burnt Ranch

United States > California > Trinity County

Average elevation: 607 m

Frenchtown

United States > California > Yuba County

Average elevation: 523 m

Loma Rica

United States > California > Yuba County

Average elevation: 125 m

Lake City

United States > California > Nevada County

Average elevation: 965 m

Berry Creek

United States > California > Butte County

Average elevation: 697 m

Rosewood

United States > California > Humboldt County

Average elevation: 31 m

Twin Bridges

United States > California > El Dorado County

Average elevation: 2,150 m

Meadow Vista

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 559 m

Alpine Meadows

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 2,163 m

Korbel

United States > California > Humboldt County

Average elevation: 150 m

Vinton

United States > California > Plumas County

Average elevation: 1,518 m

Quincy Junction

United States > California > Plumas County

Average elevation: 1,127 m

Newport

United States > California > Mendocino County

Average elevation: 42 m

Beatrice

United States > California > Humboldt County

Average elevation: 59 m

Kingvale

United States > California > Nevada County

Average elevation: 2,005 m

Loch Lomond

United States > California > Lake County

Average elevation: 888 m

Cummings

United States > California > Mendocino County

Average elevation: 573 m

Rackerby

United States > California > Yuba County

Average elevation: 469 m

Norden

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 2,204 m

Olivehurst

United States > California > Yuba County

Average elevation: 19 m

Tahoe Vista

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 1,955 m

Chilcoot

United States > California > Plumas County

Average elevation: 1,566 m

Wyandotte

United States > California > Butte County

Average elevation: 203 m

Comptche

United States > California > Mendocino County

Comptche (Pomo: Compatche, meaning "In the valley among the hills") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Fort Bragg at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). The population was 167 at the 2020…

Average elevation: 134 m

Meyers

United States > California > El Dorado County

Meyers (also Yanks, Yank's Station, and Tahoe Paradise) is a small an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 50 in the northern Sierra Nevada. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of South Lake Tahoe in the Lake Tahoe area and lies at…

Average elevation: 1,995 m

Salyer

United States > California > Trinity County

Average elevation: 322 m

Cisco Grove

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 1,882 m

Platina

United States > California > Shasta County

Average elevation: 770 m

Heather Glen

United States > California > Placer County

Average elevation: 622 m

Butte Meadows

United States > California > Butte County

Average elevation: 1,379 m

Big Lagoon

United States > California > Humboldt County

Average elevation: 24 m

Idria

United States > California > San Benito County

Average elevation: 968 m

Ladera Ranch

United States > California > Orange County

Average elevation: 144 m

Arastraville

United States > California > Tuolumne County

Average elevation: 1,017 m

Marinwood

United States > California > Marin County

Average elevation: 69 m

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