Dauphin, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dauphin, Pennsylvania, shaded from 310 ft on the southeast side to 690 ft at the foot of the Little Mountain
Elevation
690 ft 210 m590 ft 180 m550 ft 165 m450 ft 140 m360 ft 110 m310 ft 95 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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dauphin sits at about 420 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
420 ft 130 m
most residents: 340–460 ft
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the southeast side
Highest
690 ft 210 m
at the foot of the Little Mountain
Average
410 ft 125 m
all land inside borough limits

Dauphin spans about 380 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
420 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, at the foot of the Little Mountain
690 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
310 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dauphin
360 ft110 m
Airport (MDT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi southeast of the borough limits
310 ft94 m
Average of all land410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dauphin, Pennsylvania, shaded from 310 ft on the southeast side to 690 ft at the foot of the Little Mountain
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
796 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
1,860 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.3673° N, 76.9311° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harrisburg International (MDT) 310 ft
ZIP codes 1
17018
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rye Township740 ft
  2. Reed Township510 ft
  3. Middle Paxton Township510 ft
  4. Penn Township, Perry County490 ft
  5. Susquehanna Township450 ft
  6. Marysville430 ft
  7. Enola430 ft
  8. East Pennsboro Township430 ft
  9. Dauphin420 ft
  10. Duncannon370 ft
  11. New Buffalo370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Cove Mountain, Perry County1,330 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough limits, 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 borough limits (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.