Chester County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,070 ft 330 m810 ft 245 m680 ft 205 m410 ft 125 m150 ft 45 m18 ft 6 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Chester County averages about 450 ft (135 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 18 ft near the middle to 1,070 ft on the northwest side.
Average elevation
450 ft 135 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,070 ft 330 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
18 ft 6 m
near the middle
Chester County spans about 1,052 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 | 450 ft135 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 1,070 ft330 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, near the middle | 18 ft6 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
30 mi west to east through Tredyffrin Township.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 560,745 2024 est.
- Land area
- 750.6 sq mi + 8.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 747 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Berks County560 ft
- Lancaster County470 ft
- Chester County450 ft
- Montgomery County290 ft
- Delaware County240 ft
- Cecil County, MD170 ft
- New Castle County, DE95 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvania63rd highest of 66
- Counties in the United States2,403rd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Thomas Hill, Chester County970 ft
- Diamond Rock Hill660 ft
- Mount Misery660 ft
- Sheep Hill, Chester County510 ft
- Harmony Hill500 ft
All 104 towns in Chester County by typical elevation
- Honey Brook730 ft
- Cambridge partly710 ft
- West Caln Township710 ft
- Honey Brook Township700 ft
- West Sadsbury Township670 ft
- Elverson660 ft
- West Nantmeal Township630 ft
- Sadsburyville630 ft
- Sadsbury Township620 ft
- East Nantmeal Township610 ft
- Cochranville590 ft
- West Fallowfield Township590 ft
- West Brandywine Township590 ft
- Londonderry Township, Chester County580 ft
- Wallace Township570 ft
- Hayti570 ft
- Highland Township570 ft
- West Vincent Township560 ft
- Parkesburg550 ft
- Glenmoore550 ft
- Malvern550 ft
- Oxford540 ft
- Warwick Township, Chester County540 ft
- Upper Oxford Township530 ft
- Lincoln University530 ft
- East Brandywine Township520 ft
- Lower Oxford Township520 ft
- East Fallowfield Township520 ft
- Paoli520 ft
- Valley Township520 ft
- Devon500 ft
- Penn Township, Chester County500 ft
- Lionville490 ft
- Nottingham490 ft
- West Whiteland Township490 ft
- Uwchlan Township490 ft
- Atglen490 ft
- Upper Uwchlan Township480 ft
- East Nottingham Township480 ft
- South Coatesville470 ft
- Pomeroy470 ft
- West Bradford Township470 ft
- Berwyn470 ft
- Willistown Township460 ft
- Eagleview450 ft
- West Marlborough Township450 ft
- Easttown Township440 ft
- Charlestown Township440 ft
- South Coventry Township440 ft
- Hamorton440 ft
- West Goshen Township440 ft
- Eagle440 ft
- West Nottingham Township440 ft
- East Goshen Township440 ft
- Dilworthtown430 ft
- East Caln Township430 ft
- Unionville, Chester County430 ft
- West Chester420 ft
- West Grove420 ft
- New London Township420 ft
- East Marlborough Township410 ft
- Westwood, Chester County410 ft
- Tredyffrin Township410 ft
- Frazer400 ft
- West Pikeland Township400 ft
- London Grove Township390 ft
- Toughkenamon390 ft
- East Whiteland Township390 ft
- Elk Township380 ft
- New Garden Township370 ft
- Westtown Township370 ft
- Coatesville370 ft
- Marshallton, Chester County360 ft
- Franklin Township, Chester County360 ft
- Exton360 ft
- Caln Township360 ft
- East Bradford Township350 ft
- Thornbury Township, Chester County350 ft
- Caln350 ft
- Kennett Township350 ft
- Pughtown340 ft
- Pennsbury Township340 ft
- Newlin Township330 ft
- Thorndale330 ft
- Birmingham Township320 ft
- London Britain Township320 ft
- Kennett Square310 ft
- Modena310 ft
- Pocopson Township300 ft
- Cheyney University partly290 ft
- Avondale290 ft
- Chadds Ford280 ft
- North Coventry Township260 ft
- Downingtown260 ft
- East Vincent Township250 ft
- East Coventry Township230 ft
- South Pottstown220 ft
- Kimberton210 ft
- Kenilworth210 ft
- East Pikeland Township210 ft
- Spring City190 ft
- Chesterbrook190 ft
- Schuylkill Township190 ft
- Phoenixville170 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.