Derry Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Derry Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 290 ft on the southwest side to 900 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
900 ft 275 m750 ft 230 m670 ft 205 m520 ft 160 m370 ft 110 m290 ft 90 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Derry Township 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: 380–620 ft
Lowest
290 ft 90 m
on the southwest side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on the southwest side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside township boundaries

Derry Township spans about 610 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 township boundaries, on the southwest side
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
290 ft90 m
Airport (MDT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.1 mi southwest of the township boundaries
310 ft94 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the middle of Derry Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Derry Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 290 ft on the southwest side to 900 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
25,181 2024 est.
Land area
27.1 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
928 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2608° N, 76.6665° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harrisburg International (MDT) 310 ft
ZIP codes 3
17033 17036 17078
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Conewago Township, Dauphin County560 ft
  2. South Londonderry Township490 ft
  3. Campbelltown480 ft
  4. South Hanover Township460 ft
  5. Palmyra460 ft
  6. Palmdale440 ft
  7. Londonderry Township430 ft
  8. Hershey430 ft
  9. Derry Township420 ft
  10. Hummelstown390 ft
  11. Union Deposit390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Governor Dick Hill1,151 ft
  • Round Top, Dauphin County920 ft
  • Conewago Hill770 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.