Armstrong County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,740 ft 530 m1,490 ft 455 m1,370 ft 420 m1,120 ft 340 m870 ft 265 m750 ft 230 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Armstrong County averages about 1,220 ft (375 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the southwest side to 1,740 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation

1,220 ft 375 m

all land inside the county

Highest

1,740 ft 530 m

on the northeast side

Lowest

750 ft 230 m

on the southwest side

Armstrong County spans about 990 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	1,220 ft375 m
Highest point Inside the county, on the northeast side	1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side	750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.3 mi west to east through Kiskiminetas Township.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 63,679 2024 est.
Land area: 653.3 sq mi + 10.7 sq mi water
Density: 97 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

Jefferson County1,580 ft
Indiana County1,430 ft
Clarion County1,420 ft
Westmoreland County1,330 ft
Butler County1,250 ft
Armstrong County1,220 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Pennsylvania34th highest of 66
Counties in the United States1,084th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Peach Hill1,530 ft
Whiskey Hollow Hill1,250 ft
Gault Hill1,220 ft

All 58 towns in Armstrong County by typical elevation

Wayne Township, Armstrong County1,450 ft
Redbank Township, Armstrong County1,430 ft
Spring Church1,390 ft
Mahoning Township, Armstrong County1,390 ft
Distant1,370 ft
Dayton1,360 ft
Sugarcreek Township1,350 ft
Madison Township, Armstrong County1,350 ft
Washington Township, Armstrong County1,310 ft
Perry Township, Armstrong County1,310 ft
Kittanning Township1,310 ft
Cowanshannock Township1,290 ft
Bradys Bend Township1,280 ft
Valley Township, Armstrong County1,270 ft
Plumcreek Township1,270 ft
Atwood1,250 ft
West Franklin Township1,250 ft
Elderton1,240 ft
Kiskiminetas Township1,210 ft
Boggs Township, Armstrong County1,210 ft
South Bend Township1,200 ft
West Hills1,190 ft
East Franklin Township1,190 ft
South Buffalo Township1,190 ft
Burrell Township, Armstrong County1,180 ft
Sagamore1,180 ft
Rayburn Township1,160 ft
Orchard Hills1,160 ft
Worthington1,150 ft
Rural Valley1,140 ft
North Buffalo Township1,130 ft
Yatesboro1,120 ft
Bethel Township, Armstrong County1,120 ft
Gilpin Township1,110 ft
South Bethlehem1,100 ft
Schenley1,080 ft
Parker1,040 ft
West Kittanning1,010 ft
Hovey Township1,010 ft
Manor Township, Armstrong County990 ft
Parks Township980 ft
Ford Cliff970 ft
Lenape Heights950 ft
Pleasant View910 ft
Leechburg900 ft
Cadogan Township890 ft
North Apollo890 ft
Kiskimere880 ft
Pine Township, Armstrong County860 ft
Apollo850 ft
Templeton840 ft
Clinton, Armstrong County810 ft
Kittanning810 ft
North Vandergrift800 ft
Applewold790 ft
Freeport790 ft
Manorville790 ft
Ford City790 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.