Athens, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the south side to 800 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
800 ft 245 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 235 m760 ft 230 m750 ft 225 m740 ft 225 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Athens sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
most residents: 760–790 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the south side
Highest
800 ft 245 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
760 ft 235 m
all land inside borough limits

Athens spans about 60 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
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
800 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Athens
760 ft230 m
Average of all land760 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the south side to 800 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,227 2024 est.
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
1,840 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9573° N, 76.5180° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
18810
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Litchfield Township1,420 ft
  2. Sheshequin Township1,270 ft
  3. Ulster Township1,230 ft
  4. Chemung, NY990 ft
  5. Barton, NY860 ft
  6. Waverly, NY850 ft
  7. Greens Landing830 ft
  8. Athens Township830 ft
  9. South Waverly820 ft
  10. Sayre790 ft
  11. Athens770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Orange Hill1,610 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.