Adamstown, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adamstown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 450 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m810 ft 245 m750 ft 230 m630 ft 190 m510 ft 155 m450 ft 135 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Adamstown sits at about 530 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
530 ft 160 m
most residents: 470–720 ft
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the southwest side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the northwest side
Average
580 ft 180 m
all land inside borough limits

Adamstown spans about 480 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
530 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
450 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Adamstown
470 ft145 m
Airport (LNS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi southwest of the borough limits
403 ft123 m
Average of all land580 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adamstown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 450 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Lancaster and Berks counties, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,960 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,420 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2412° N, 76.0563° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Lancaster (LNS) 403 ft
ZIP codes 1
19501
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gouglersville750 ft
  2. Brecknock Township, Berks County650 ft
  3. Alleghenyville560 ft
  4. Adamstown530 ft
  5. Swartzville510 ft
  6. Reinholds500 ft
  7. East Cocalico Township490 ft
  8. Brecknock Township460 ft
  9. Bowmansville450 ft
  10. Reamstown450 ft
  11. Fivepointville420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cushion Peak1,110 ft
  • Silver Hill930 ft
  • Turkey Hill, Lancaster County840 ft
  • Ephrata Mountain810 ft
  • Kline Hill730 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census borough limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.