Bradford, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,060 ft 630 m1,900 ft 580 m1,820 ft 555 m1,660 ft 505 m1,490 ft 455 m1,410 ft 430 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Bradford sits at about 1,460 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,460 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,440–1,610 ft
Lowest
1,410 ft 430 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,060 ft 630 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside city limits
Bradford spans about 650 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 | 1,460 ft445 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 2,060 ft630 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 1,410 ft430 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bradford | 1,440 ft440 m |
| Airport (BFD) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.6 mi south of the city limits | 2,143 ft653 m |
| Average of all land | 1,540 ft470 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 7,538 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,266 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.9559° N, 78.6439° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Bradford Regional (BFD) 2,143 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 16701
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Rew2,200 ft
- Corydon Township2,040 ft
- Otto Township1,820 ft
- Foster Township1,790 ft
- Bradford Township1,580 ft
- Lewis Run1,560 ft
- Carrollton, NY1,500 ft
- Foster Brook1,490 ft
- University of Pittsburgh Bradford1,480 ft
- Bradford1,460 ft
- Limestone, NY1,430 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania558th highest of 3,545
- Towns in McKean Countylowest of 25
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Blacksnake Mountain2,350 ft
- Dana Heights2,230 ft
- Columbia Hill, McKean County2,230 ft
- Cherry Hill, McKean County2,210 ft
- Big Shanty Hill2,200 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.