Boalsburg, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,290 ft 700 m1,980 ft 605 m1,830 ft 555 m1,520 ft 465 m1,210 ft 370 m1,050 ft 320 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Boalsburg sits at about 1,160 ft (350 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,160 ft 350 m

most residents: 1,120–1,490 ft

Lowest

1,050 ft 320 m

on the northwest side

Highest

2,290 ft 700 m

on Bald Knob

Average

1,250 ft 380 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Boalsburg spans about 1,240 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,160 ft350 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on Bald Knob	2,290 ft700 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side	1,050 ft320 m
Town center USGS map point for Boalsburg	1,100 ft335 m
Airport (UNV) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi northwest of the CDP boundary	1,231 ft375 m
Average of all land	1,250 ft380 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 4,577 2020 Census
Land area: 5.8 sq mi
Density: 790 per sq mi
Coordinates: 40.7756° N, 77.7925° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Valley and Ridge
Drains to: West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport: State College Regional (UNV) 1,231 ft
ZIP codes 1: 16827

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Pine Grove Mills1,290 ft
Ferguson Township1,200 ft
Toftrees1,170 ft
Harris Township1,160 ft
Boalsburg1,160 ft
State College1,150 ft
College Township1,100 ft
Lemont1,080 ft
Benner Township1,080 ft
Houserville1,030 ft
Peru990 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Pennsylvania1,207th highest of 3,545
Towns in Centre County38th highest of 78

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Brush Mountain2,580 ft
Loop Mountain2,500 ft
Rays Hill2,440 ft
Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
The Winehead2,363 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, 1,050 ft at 40.7885° N, 77.7976° 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.
Boalsburg 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.