Big Bass Lake, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Bass Lake, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,780 ft on the southwest side to 2,060 ft on Prospect Rock
Elevation
2,060 ft 625 m1,990 ft 605 m1,950 ft 595 m1,880 ft 575 m1,810 ft 550 m1,770 ft 540 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Big Bass Lake sits at about 1,900 ft (580 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,900 ft 580 m
most residents: 1,820–1,960 ft
Lowest
1,780 ft 540 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,060 ft 625 m
on Prospect Rock
Average
1,890 ft 575 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Big Bass Lake spans about 280 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
1,900 ft580 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Prospect Rock
2,060 ft625 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,780 ft540 m
Town center
USGS map point for Big Bass Lake
1,910 ft580 m
Airport (AVP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
962 ft293 m
Average of all land1,890 ft575 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Bass Lake, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,780 ft on the southwest side to 2,060 ft on Prospect Rock
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lackawanna and Wayne counties, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,337 2020 Census
Land area
4.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
323 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2538° N, 75.4764° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Lehigh River → Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (AVP) 962 ft
ZIP codes 1
18424
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pocono Springs2,090 ft
  2. Lehigh Township, Wayne County2,040 ft
  3. Coolbaugh Township2,000 ft
  4. Gouldsboro1,940 ft
  5. Eagle Lake1,910 ft
  6. Big Bass Lake1,900 ft
  7. Clifton Township1,880 ft
  8. Covington Township1,840 ft
  9. Moscow1,720 ft
  10. Madison Township1,690 ft
  11. Dreher Township1,580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Blair Hill, Lackawanna County2,110 ft
  • Prospect Rock2,060 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 1,770 ft at 41.2368° N, 75.5004° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Big Bass Lake is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.