Pennsylvania Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pennsylvania, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 3,210 ft on Mount Davis
Elevation
3,210 ft 980 m2,410 ft 735 m2,010 ft 610 m1,200 ft 365 m400 ft 120 m0 ft 0 m
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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.
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State area
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Elevation Data

Pennsylvania averages about 1,260 ft (385 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the southeast side to 3,210 ft on Mount Davis.

Average elevation
1,260 ft 385 m
all land in Pennsylvania
Highest
3,210 ft 980 m
on Mount Davis
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side

Pennsylvania spans about 3,210 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 land1,260 ft385 m
Highest point
In Pennsylvania, on Mount Davis
3,210 ft980 m
Lowest point
In Pennsylvania, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

285 mi west to east through Philadelphia.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pennsylvania, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 3,210 ft on Mount Davis
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
State in the Middle Atlantic division of the Northeast region, United States
Population
13,078,751 2024 est.
Land area
44,742.4 sq mi + 1,311.5 sq mi water
Density
292 per sq mi
Counties
66
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 61%, Valley and Ridge 26%, Piedmont 10%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 75%, Gulf of America 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. West Virginia1,680 ft
  2. Pennsylvania1,260 ft
  3. New York1,130 ft
  4. Ohio930 ft
  5. Maryland440 ft
  6. New Jersey230 ft
  7. Delaware48 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States21st highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Brush Mountain2,580 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
All 66 counties by average elevation
  1. Somerset County2,200 ft
  2. Potter County2,010 ft
  3. Cambria County1,940 ft
  4. McKean County1,920 ft
  5. Sullivan County1,790 ft
  6. Elk County1,780 ft
  7. Tioga County1,730 ft
  8. Cameron County1,700 ft
  9. Clearfield County1,650 ft
  10. Warren County1,640 ft
  11. Forest County1,590 ft
  12. Jefferson County1,580 ft
  13. Fayette County1,520 ft
  14. Blair County1,510 ft
  15. Centre County1,490 ft
  16. Wayne County1,480 ft
  17. Clinton County1,460 ft
  18. Lackawanna County1,460 ft
  19. Bedford County1,460 ft
  20. Susquehanna County1,430 ft
  21. Indiana County1,430 ft
  22. Clarion County1,420 ft
  23. Venango County1,400 ft
  24. Bradford County1,380 ft
  25. Westmoreland County1,330 ft
  26. Crawford County1,310 ft
  27. Lycoming County1,310 ft
  28. Wyoming County1,290 ft
  29. Luzerne County1,270 ft
  30. Pike County1,260 ft
  31. Carbon County1,260 ft
  32. Butler County1,250 ft
  33. Monroe County1,240 ft
  34. Armstrong County1,220 ft
  35. Mercer County1,210 ft
  36. Greene County1,200 ft
  37. Erie County1,190 ft
  38. Washington County1,150 ft
  39. Huntingdon County1,150 ft
  40. Fulton County1,120 ft
  41. Lawrence County1,100 ft
  42. Beaver County1,070 ft
  43. Schuylkill County1,060 ft
  44. Mifflin County1,060 ft
  45. Allegheny County1,060 ft
  46. Columbia County990 ft
  47. Union County950 ft
  48. Franklin County890 ft
  49. Juniata County860 ft
  50. Perry County860 ft
  51. Snyder County840 ft
  52. Northumberland County790 ft
  53. Adams County740 ft
  54. Montour County710 ft
  55. Cumberland County700 ft
  56. Dauphin County690 ft
  57. York County610 ft
  58. Lebanon County610 ft
  59. Lehigh County580 ft
  60. Northampton County570 ft
  61. Berks County560 ft
  62. Lancaster County470 ft
  63. Chester County450 ft
  64. Bucks County340 ft
  65. Montgomery County290 ft
  66. Delaware County240 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, −190 ft at 39.9210° N, 75.4849° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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.