Canaan Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canaan Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,140 ft on the east side to 2,300 ft on High Knob
Elevation
2,300 ft 700 m2,010 ft 610 m1,860 ft 570 m1,580 ft 480 m1,290 ft 390 m1,140 ft 350 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

Canaan Township sits at about 1,420 ft (435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,420 ft 435 m
most residents: 1,360–1,860 ft
Lowest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the east side
Highest
2,300 ft 700 m
on High Knob
Average
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside township boundaries

Canaan Township spans about 1,160 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
1,420 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on High Knob
2,300 ft700 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,140 ft350 m
Average of all land1,560 ft475 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.3 mi west to east through the middle of Canaan Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canaan Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,140 ft on the east side to 2,300 ft on High Knob
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,529 2024 est.
Land area
18.3 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
193 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5692° N, 75.4101° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
18431 18472
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Vandling1,590 ft
  2. Browndale1,530 ft
  3. Clinton Township, Wayne County1,470 ft
  4. Waymart1,430 ft
  5. Canaan Township1,420 ft
  6. South Canaan Township1,400 ft
  7. Carbondale Township1,340 ft
  8. Fell Township1,310 ft
  9. Simpson1,200 ft
  10. Prompton1,190 ft
  11. Carbondale1,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.