Banks Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Banks Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,270 ft on the east side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,750 ft 535 m1,670 ft 510 m1,510 ft 460 m1,350 ft 415 m1,270 ft 390 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Banks Township sits at about 1,750 ft (535 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,750 ft 535 m
most residents: 1,550–1,780 ft
Lowest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the east side
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,660 ft 505 m
all land inside township boundaries

Banks Township spans about 640 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
1,750 ft535 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,270 ft390 m
Airport (HZL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi north of the township boundaries
1,603 ft489 m
Average of all land1,660 ft505 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the middle of Banks Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Banks Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,270 ft on the east side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,164 2024 est.
Land area
11.6 sq mi
Density
100 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9167° N, 75.9587° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hazleton Regional (HZL) 1,603 ft
ZIP codes 6
18201 18216 18230 18237 18254 18255
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tresckow1,770 ft
  2. Kline Township1,750 ft
  3. Banks Township1,750 ft
  4. McAdoo1,750 ft
  5. Kelayres1,750 ft
  6. Hazleton1,690 ft
  7. West Hazleton1,680 ft
  8. Harleigh1,650 ft
  9. Hazle Township1,630 ft
  10. Beaver Meadows1,580 ft
  11. Packer Township1,250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Spring Mountain1,970 ft
  • Round Head Mountain1,760 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.