Pike County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pike County, Indiana, shaded from 400 ft on the northwest side to 650 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
650 ft 200 m590 ft 180 m560 ft 170 m500 ft 150 m430 ft 130 m400 ft 125 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pike County averages about 480 ft (145 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 400 ft on the northwest side to 650 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
480 ft 145 m
all land inside the county
Highest
650 ft 200 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
400 ft 125 m
on the northwest side

Pike County spans about 250 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land480 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
650 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
400 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Washington Township, Pike County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pike County, Indiana, shaded from 400 ft on the northwest side to 650 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
12,116 2024 est.
Land area
334.4 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
Density
36 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 72%, Central Lowland 28%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Dubois County540 ft
  2. Daviess County500 ft
  3. Pike County480 ft
  4. Knox County460 ft
  5. Gibson County440 ft
  6. Warrick County440 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Turkey Hill, Pike County560 ft
All 18 towns in Pike County by typical elevation
  1. Stendal620 ft
  2. Lockhart Township540 ft
  3. Alford510 ft
  4. Marion Township, Pike County500 ft
  5. Velpen490 ft
  6. Arthur490 ft
  7. Spurgeon490 ft
  8. Otwell490 ft
  9. Monroe Township, Pike County490 ft
  10. Jefferson Township, Pike County490 ft
  11. Madison Township, Pike County480 ft
  12. Logan Township, Pike County480 ft
  13. Clay Township, Pike County480 ft
  14. Patoka Township, Pike County470 ft
  15. Washington Township, Pike County470 ft
  16. Winslow460 ft
  17. Petersburg460 ft
  18. Glezen460 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 300 ft at 38.4871° N, 87.3935° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.