Allegheny County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,400 ft 430 m1,220 ft 375 m1,130 ft 345 m960 ft 290 m780 ft 235 m690 ft 210 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Allegheny County averages about 1,060 ft (325 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 690 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the west side.
Average elevation
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,400 ft 430 m
on the west side
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the northwest side
Allegheny County spans about 710 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,060 ft325 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the west side | 1,400 ft430 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 690 ft210 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
32 mi west to east through Pittsburgh.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 1,231,814 2024 est.
- Land area
- 730.0 sq mi + 14.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,688 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Westmoreland County1,330 ft
- Butler County1,250 ft
- Washington County1,150 ft
- Beaver County1,070 ft
- Allegheny County1,060 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvania45th highest of 66
- Counties in the United States1,306th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Rich Hill, Allegheny County1,270 ft
All 157 towns in Allegheny County by typical elevation
- Bradford Woods1,220 ft
- Pine Township1,220 ft
- Marshall Township1,200 ft
- Franklin Park1,200 ft
- Whitehall1,190 ft
- Dormont1,190 ft
- Bakerstown1,180 ft
- Clinton1,180 ft
- Brentwood1,180 ft
- Bethel Park1,170 ft
- Richland Township, Allegheny County1,170 ft
- Mount Lebanon1,160 ft
- West View1,160 ft
- East McKeesport1,160 ft
- Ben Avon Heights1,160 ft
- Mount Oliver1,160 ft
- Reserve Township1,160 ft
- Lincoln1,160 ft
- Baldwin Township1,160 ft
- Castle Shannon1,150 ft
- Gibsonia1,150 ft
- Ross Township1,150 ft
- Hampton Township1,140 ft
- Churchill1,140 ft
- Penn Hills1,140 ft
- McCandless Township1,140 ft
- Carnot-Moon1,140 ft
- Pleasant Hills1,130 ft
- Baldwin1,130 ft
- Monroeville1,130 ft
- Ohio Township1,130 ft
- Plum1,120 ft
- Braddock Hills1,120 ft
- Sewickley Hills1,120 ft
- Noblestown1,120 ft
- Green Tree1,120 ft
- North Versailles Township1,120 ft
- Allison Park1,110 ft
- Findlay Township1,110 ft
- Forest Hills1,110 ft
- Sewickley Heights1,110 ft
- Forward Township, Allegheny County1,110 ft
- Robinson Township1,110 ft
- West Mifflin1,100 ft
- Upper St. Clair Township1,100 ft
- West Deer Township1,100 ft
- Frazer Township1,100 ft
- Enlow1,100 ft
- Fox Chapel1,100 ft
- Indiana Township1,100 ft
- Kennedy Township1,100 ft
- Curtisville1,100 ft
- North Fayette Township1,090 ft
- Imperial1,090 ft
- Leet Township1,090 ft
- Dorseyville1,090 ft
- Moon Township1,080 ft
- Fawn Township, Allegheny County1,080 ft
- South Fayette Township1,080 ft
- Glenshaw1,080 ft
- Elizabeth Township1,080 ft
- Sturgeon1,070 ft
- South Park Township1,070 ft
- Thornburg1,070 ft
- Bell Acres1,070 ft
- Pennsbury Village1,060 ft
- Bairdford1,060 ft
- Collier Township1,060 ft
- Port Vue1,060 ft
- Wilkins Township1,060 ft
- Munhall1,050 ft
- Aleppo Township1,050 ft
- Chalfant1,050 ft
- Rosslyn Farms1,050 ft
- Jefferson Hills1,050 ft
- Russellton1,040 ft
- West Homestead1,040 ft
- Scott Township1,040 ft
- Shaler Township1,030 ft
- Whitaker1,030 ft
- McDonald partly1,030 ft
- Kilbuck Township1,030 ft
- O'Hara Township1,010 ft
- Wilkinsburg1,010 ft
- Crescent Township1,010 ft
- White Oak1,000 ft
- Rennerdale990 ft
- Natrona Heights990 ft
- Harrison Township990 ft
- North Braddock990 ft
- Pittsburgh980 ft
- Oakdale970 ft
- East Deer Township970 ft
- Springdale Township960 ft
- Bellevue960 ft
- West Wilmerding960 ft
- Harmar Township950 ft
- Harwick950 ft
- McKeesport940 ft
- Clairton940 ft
- Duquesne940 ft
- East Pittsburgh930 ft
- Edgewood930 ft
- Greenock930 ft
- Swissvale930 ft
- Avalon930 ft
- Homestead930 ft
- Crafton930 ft
- Dravosburg910 ft
- Liberty910 ft
- Blaine Hill910 ft
- Haysville900 ft
- Bridgeville890 ft
- Trafford partly890 ft
- Turtle Creek880 ft
- Cheswick880 ft
- Brackenridge870 ft
- Ingram870 ft
- Rankin860 ft
- Carnegie850 ft
- Versailles850 ft
- Glendale850 ft
- Stowe Township840 ft
- Ben Avon840 ft
- Springdale840 ft
- Verona840 ft
- Pitcairn830 ft
- Blawnox830 ft
- Wall820 ft
- Emsworth820 ft
- Heidelberg820 ft
- Elizabeth820 ft
- Tarentum820 ft
- Oakmont820 ft
- Glassport810 ft
- Braddock800 ft
- Millvale790 ft
- Coraopolis790 ft
- Etna790 ft
- Wilmerding780 ft
- South Versailles Township770 ft
- Coulter770 ft
- Boston770 ft
- Natrona760 ft
- Bunola760 ft
- Glen Osborne760 ft
- McKees Rocks760 ft
- Industry, Allegheny County760 ft
- Sewickley760 ft
- Buena Vista760 ft
- Aspinwall760 ft
- West Elizabeth760 ft
- Sharpsburg740 ft
- Leetsdale730 ft
- Edgeworth730 ft
- Neville Township720 ft
- Glenfield720 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.
- 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.