Berks County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 120 ft on the southeast side to 1,690 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,690 ft 515 m1,300 ft 395 m1,100 ft 335 m710 ft 215 m310 ft 95 m120 ft 35 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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).
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Elevation Data

Berks County averages about 560 ft (170 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 120 ft on the southeast side to 1,690 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
560 ft 170 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
120 ft 35 m
on the southeast side

Berks County spans about 1,570 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land560 ft170 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,690 ft515 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
120 ft35 m

Elevation profile, south to north

34 mi south to north through Reading.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 120 ft on the southeast side to 1,690 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
439,117 2024 est.
Land area
856.4 sq mi + 9.4 sq mi water
Density
513 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 49%, Piedmont 39%, New England 12%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Schuylkill County1,060 ft
  2. Lebanon County610 ft
  3. Lehigh County580 ft
  4. Berks County560 ft
  5. Lancaster County470 ft
  6. Chester County450 ft
  7. Montgomery County290 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hemlock Heights1,510 ft
  • Owls Head1,480 ft
  • Cobble1,460 ft
  • Topton Mountain1,227 ft
  • Gap Hill, Berks County1,150 ft
All 131 towns in Berks County by typical elevation
  1. District Township950 ft
  2. Alsace Manor880 ft
  3. New Jerusalem850 ft
  4. Rockland Township820 ft
  5. Ruscombmanor Township810 ft
  6. Alsace Township780 ft
  7. Dryville770 ft
  8. Gouglersville750 ft
  9. Earl Township, Berks County700 ft
  10. New Morgan690 ft
  11. Pike Township, Berks County680 ft
  12. Greenwich Township680 ft
  13. Hereford Township660 ft
  14. Schubert660 ft
  15. Brecknock Township, Berks County650 ft
  16. Albany Township610 ft
  17. Longswamp Township610 ft
  18. Caernarvon Township, Berks County590 ft
  19. Mount Aetna590 ft
  20. Upper Tulpehocken Township590 ft
  21. Strausstown590 ft
  22. Shartlesville590 ft
  23. Morgantown580 ft
  24. Upper Bern Township570 ft
  25. Rehrersburg570 ft
  26. Bethel Township, Berks County560 ft
  27. Alleghenyville560 ft
  28. Bethel550 ft
  29. Tulpehocken Township550 ft
  30. Windsor Township, Berks County540 ft
  31. Adamstown partly530 ft
  32. Edenburg510 ft
  33. Mohnton500 ft
  34. Tilden Township500 ft
  35. Washington Township, Berks County490 ft
  36. Topton490 ft
  37. West Hamburg490 ft
  38. Frystown490 ft
  39. Robeson Township480 ft
  40. Bally480 ft
  41. Colebrookdale Township480 ft
  42. Maxatawny480 ft
  43. Maxatawny Township470 ft
  44. Lyons470 ft
  45. Mertztown470 ft
  46. Heidelberg Township, Berks County470 ft
  47. Bowers460 ft
  48. New Schaefferstown460 ft
  49. Mount Penn450 ft
  50. Kutztown University450 ft
  51. Hereford450 ft
  52. South Heidelberg Township440 ft
  53. Kempton440 ft
  54. Marion Township440 ft
  55. Kutztown430 ft
  56. Oley430 ft
  57. Penn Township, Berks County430 ft
  58. Stouchsburg430 ft
  59. Hamburg430 ft
  60. Centre Township430 ft
  61. Fleetwood430 ft
  62. Lenhartsville430 ft
  63. Perry Township430 ft
  64. Robesonia420 ft
  65. Womelsdorf420 ft
  66. Richmond Township420 ft
  67. Walnuttown410 ft
  68. North Heidelberg Township410 ft
  69. Stony Creek Mills410 ft
  70. Dauberville410 ft
  71. Pennwyn410 ft
  72. Wernersville410 ft
  73. Oley Township410 ft
  74. Jefferson Township, Berks County400 ft
  75. Bechtelsville400 ft
  76. Lower Alsace Township390 ft
  77. Laureldale390 ft
  78. New Berlinville390 ft
  79. Boyertown390 ft
  80. Springmont390 ft
  81. Spring Ridge380 ft
  82. Cumru Township380 ft
  83. Pennside370 ft
  84. Montrose Manor370 ft
  85. Maidencreek Township370 ft
  86. Blandon370 ft
  87. Flying Hills370 ft
  88. Shoemakersville370 ft
  89. Mohrsville360 ft
  90. Spring Township360 ft
  91. Lower Heidelberg Township360 ft
  92. Virginville360 ft
  93. Jacksonwald360 ft
  94. Temple360 ft
  95. Bern Township360 ft
  96. West Lawn350 ft
  97. Sinking Spring350 ft
  98. South Temple350 ft
  99. West Wyomissing340 ft
  100. Centerport340 ft
  101. St. Lawrence340 ft
  102. Muhlenberg Township340 ft
  103. Whitfield340 ft
  104. Shillington340 ft
  105. Reiffton330 ft
  106. Douglass Township, Berks County330 ft
  107. Grill330 ft
  108. Bernville330 ft
  109. Lincoln Park330 ft
  110. Riverview Park330 ft
  111. Ontelaunee Township320 ft
  112. Colony Park320 ft
  113. Leesport320 ft
  114. Fox Chase320 ft
  115. Wyomissing310 ft
  116. Hyde Park310 ft
  117. Kenhorst300 ft
  118. Reading290 ft
  119. Muhlenberg Park290 ft
  120. Greenfields290 ft
  121. Exeter Township280 ft
  122. Union Township, Berks County280 ft
  123. West Reading280 ft
  124. Penn State Berks270 ft
  125. Amity Township250 ft
  126. Baumstown250 ft
  127. Lorane240 ft
  128. Birdsboro230 ft
  129. Gibraltar220 ft
  130. Amity Gardens220 ft
  131. Douglassville190 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 38 ft at 40.2585° N, 75.6963° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.