Buck Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buck Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,350 ft on the southwest side to 2,080 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,900 ft 580 m1,810 ft 550 m1,630 ft 495 m1,450 ft 440 m1,350 ft 415 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Buck Township sits at about 1,860 ft (565 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,860 ft 565 m
most residents: 1,580–1,880 ft
Lowest
1,350 ft 415 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,080 ft 635 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,760 ft 535 m
all land inside township boundaries

Buck Township spans about 730 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
1,860 ft565 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
2,080 ft635 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,350 ft415 m
Airport (AVP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.2 mi north of the township boundaries
962 ft293 m
Average of all land1,760 ft535 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.2 mi south to north through the middle of Buck Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buck Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,350 ft on the southwest side to 2,080 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
391 2024 est.
Land area
16.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
24 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1760° N, 75.6538° 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 3
18424 18610 18661
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Clifton Township1,880 ft
  2. Buck Township1,860 ft
  3. Bear Creek Township1,860 ft
  4. Thornhurst Township1,780 ft
  5. Spring Brook Township1,690 ft
  6. Kidder Township1,650 ft
  7. Bear Creek Village1,600 ft
  8. Penn Lake Park1,340 ft
  9. Dennison Township1,300 ft
  10. East Side1,240 ft
  11. White Haven1,200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Big Pine Hill2,260 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Dry Land Hill1,930 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.