Buckhorn, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buckhorn, Pennsylvania, shaded from 520 ft on the northeast side to 680 ft at the foot of the Muncy Hills
Elevation
680 ft 205 m640 ft 195 m620 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m540 ft 165 m520 ft 160 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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

Buckhorn sits at about 650 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
650 ft 195 m
most residents: 620–650 ft
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the northeast side
Highest
680 ft 205 m
at the foot of the Muncy Hills
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Buckhorn spans about 160 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
650 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Muncy Hills
680 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
520 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buckhorn
600 ft180 m
Airport (N13)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.1 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
481 ft147 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buckhorn, Pennsylvania, shaded from 520 ft on the northeast side to 680 ft at the foot of the Muncy Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
332 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
483 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.0193° N, 76.5005° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Bloomsburg Municipal (N13) 481 ft
ZIP codes 1
17815
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Hemlock Township940 ft
  2. Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia County850 ft
  3. Cooper Township, Montour County760 ft
  4. Lightstreet670 ft
  5. Hemlock Township650 ft
  6. Buckhorn650 ft
  7. Fernville620 ft
  8. Montour Township610 ft
  9. Scott Township, Columbia County550 ft
  10. Bloomsburg530 ft
  11. Rupert490 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Round Top, Columbia County1,020 ft
  • Turkey Hill, Columbia County940 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, 520 ft at 41.0243° N, 76.4854° 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.
  • Buckhorn 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.