Cambria County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,860 ft 870 m2,420 ft 740 m2,200 ft 670 m1,760 ft 540 m1,330 ft 405 m1,110 ft 335 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cambria County averages about 1,940 ft (590 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,110 ft on the southwest side to 2,860 ft on the south side.

Average elevation

1,940 ft 590 m

all land inside the county

Highest

2,860 ft 870 m

on the south side

Lowest

1,110 ft 335 m

on the southwest side

Cambria County spans about 1,750 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	1,940 ft590 m
Highest point Inside the county, on the south side	2,860 ft870 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side	1,110 ft335 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Johnstown.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 130,108 2024 est.
Land area: 688.0 sq mi + 5.3 sq mi water
Density: 189 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to: Gulf of America 58%, Atlantic Ocean 42%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Somerset County2,200 ft
Cambria County1,940 ft
Clearfield County1,650 ft
Blair County1,510 ft
Bedford County1,460 ft
Indiana County1,430 ft
Westmoreland County1,330 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Pennsylvania3rd highest of 66
Counties in the United States640th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Round Top, Cambria County2,790 ft
Vickrey Mountain2,690 ft
Lost Mountain2,625 ft
Rager Mountain2,580 ft
Pringle Hill1,930 ft

All 89 towns in Cambria County by typical elevation

Tunnelhill2,290 ft
Dunlo2,230 ft
Gallitzin2,210 ft
Gallitzin Township2,210 ft
Colver2,170 ft
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown2,160 ft
Carrolltown2,140 ft
Ebensburg2,100 ft
Cambria Township2,090 ft
Cresson Township2,090 ft
Cresson2,080 ft
Blandburg2,070 ft
Adams Township, Cambria County2,070 ft
Sankertown2,070 ft
Elmora2,070 ft
Salix2,060 ft
Beaverdale2,020 ft
Spring Hill2,010 ft
Revloc2,010 ft
East Carroll Township2,000 ft
Washington Township, Cambria County2,000 ft
Summerhill Township1,980 ft
Richland Township, Cambria County1,980 ft
Chest Springs1,970 ft
Allegheny Township, Cambria County1,960 ft
Loretto1,960 ft
Nicktown1,940 ft
Lilly1,930 ft
Elder Township1,920 ft
West Carroll Township1,910 ft
Mundys Corner1,910 ft
Croyle Township1,900 ft
St. Benedict1,900 ft
Munster Township1,890 ft
Jackson Township, Cambria County1,880 ft
Conemaugh Township, Cambria County1,850 ft
Geistown1,850 ft
Portage Township1,840 ft
Barr Township1,820 ft
Nanty-Glo1,800 ft
Belsano1,800 ft
Cassandra1,790 ft
Daisytown1,780 ft
Vinco1,780 ft
Blacklick Township1,770 ft
Reade Township1,770 ft
Patton1,770 ft
Belmont1,770 ft
Scalp Level1,760 ft
Susquehanna Township, Cambria County1,760 ft
St. Michael1,750 ft
Hastings1,740 ft
West Taylor Township1,740 ft
Westmont1,740 ft
Jamestown, Cambria County1,730 ft
Twin Rocks1,710 ft
Clearfield Township, Cambria County1,700 ft
Chest Township, Cambria County1,700 ft
Portage1,680 ft
Upper Yoder Township1,670 ft
Stonycreek Township1,670 ft
Elim1,670 ft
East Taylor Township1,660 ft
Oakland, Cambria County1,660 ft
Westwood1,660 ft
Lower Yoder Township1,650 ft
Ashville1,650 ft
Dean Township1,650 ft
Parkhill1,630 ft
Sidman1,620 ft
Southmont1,600 ft
White Township, Cambria County1,600 ft
Summerhill1,580 ft
Middle Taylor Township1,580 ft
Wilmore1,560 ft
Ehrenfeld1,550 ft
South Fork1,540 ft
Emeigh1,540 ft
Borough of Brownstown1,500 ft
Northern Cambria1,500 ft
Lorain1,480 ft
Vintondale1,470 ft
Flinton1,460 ft
East Conemaugh1,310 ft
Ferndale1,300 ft
Borough of Franklin1,290 ft
Dale1,270 ft
Johnstown1,230 ft
Riverside, Cambria County1,200 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.