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Elevation

Elevation of Corona

678ft

above sea level · 207 m

Corona is a city in California with 161,734 people, the 34th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 93rd highest.

By the Mapsfera Team

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Place facts

Coordinates
33.88° N · 117.57° W
In degrees, minutes and seconds: 33° 52′ 31″ N · 117° 33′ 59″ W
UTM coordinates
11S · 447,614 E · 3,748,473 N
Zone 11 · NAD83, the official US datum
County
Riverside County
Where the city’s reference point falls
State
California
CA · capital: Sacramento
Time zone
Pacific Time
UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
Population (2025)
161,734 people
39.9 sq mi of land · 4,053 people/sq mi
Elevation model
USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
Lidar from November 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.

Population

Corona had 161,734 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.9% more than in April 2020, when it had 157,154. Its 39.9 sq mi of land work out to 4,053 people/sq mi; the state average is 253 people/sq mi.

It’s the 34th most populous of the 1,617 places the Census counts in California (cities, towns and CDPs), after Los Angeles (3,869,089), and holds 0.4% of the state’s population.

It lies entirely within Riverside County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.9 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.

Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000

Corona sits at 678 ft (207 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Corona is 184 ft below it.

The state capital, Sacramento, is 392 mi away in a straight line and 651 ft lower than Corona.

The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Riverside, 11 mi away in a straight line and 151 ft higher.

Of the 75 cities in California with a page, Corona is the 20th highest: the highest is Hesperia (3,178 ft) and the lowest is Stockton (12 ft).

The highest point in California is Mount Whitney, at 14,494 ft according to the USGS: 13,816 ft above Corona, 191 mi away in a straight line.

  1. 91 Frisco 697 ft
  2. 92 South Bend 692 ft
  3. 93 Corona 678 ft
  4. 94 Chattanooga 676 ft
  5. 95 Aurora 675 ft

Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list

Nearest cities with a page

Tools for this place

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Frequently asked questions

What people most often ask about the elevation of Corona.

What is the elevation of Corona?

Corona is 678 feet (207 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.

What are the coordinates of Corona?

Latitude 33.87529 and longitude -117.56644, in decimal degrees (33° 52′ 31″ N · 117° 33′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 11: 447,614 E and 3,748,473 N, on NAD83.

How does Corona rank among the highest US cities of its size?

It’s the 93rd highest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).

What county is Corona in?

Riverside County, California.

Which is higher, Corona or Sacramento?

Corona. Corona sits at 678 ft and Sacramento at 27 ft: a difference of 651 ft, 392 mi apart in a straight line.

How is elevation measured?

Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.

Sources

  • USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
  • USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
  • TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
  • timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
  • Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).

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