Distant, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Distant, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,020 ft on the west side to 1,530 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,400 ft 425 m1,330 ft 405 m1,210 ft 370 m1,080 ft 330 m1,020 ft 310 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Distant sits at about 1,370 ft (420 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,370 ft 420 m
most residents: 1,370–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the west side
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the east side
Average
1,350 ft 410 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Distant spans about 510 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
1,370 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,020 ft310 m
Town center
USGS map point for Distant
1,400 ft425 m
Average of all land1,350 ft410 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Distant, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,020 ft on the west side to 1,530 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
352 2020 Census
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
195 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9695° N, 79.3567° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Redbank Township, Armstrong County1,430 ft
  2. Porter Township, Clarion County1,430 ft
  3. Mahoning Township, Armstrong County1,390 ft
  4. Distant1,370 ft
  5. Madison Township, Armstrong County1,350 ft
  6. Boggs Township, Armstrong County1,210 ft
  7. Hawthorn1,150 ft
  8. New Bethlehem1,110 ft
  9. South Bethlehem1,100 ft
  10. Pine Township, Armstrong County860 ft
  11. Templeton840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Brush Mountain2,580 ft
  • Myers Hill1,570 ft
  • McClays Peak1,540 ft
  • Peach Hill1,530 ft
  • Gault Hill1,220 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Distant is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.