Downingtown, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 220 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
430 ft 130 m370 ft 115 m350 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m220 ft 65 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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Downingtown sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 240–320 ft
Lowest
220 ft 65 m
on the southwest side
Highest
430 ft 130 m
on the southwest side
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside borough limits

Downingtown spans about 210 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
430 ft130 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
220 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Downingtown
240 ft75 m
Airport (OQN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.1 mi east of the borough limits
465 ft142 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 220 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the southwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
8,463 2024 est.
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
3,868 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0065° N, 75.7033° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Brandywine Regional (OQN) 465 ft
ZIP codes 1
19335
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Brandywine Township520 ft
  2. Lionville490 ft
  3. Uwchlan Township490 ft
  4. West Bradford Township470 ft
  5. Eagleview450 ft
  6. East Caln Township430 ft
  7. Marshallton, Chester County360 ft
  8. Caln Township360 ft
  9. Caln350 ft
  10. Thorndale330 ft
  11. Downingtown260 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Thomas Hill, Chester County970 ft
  • Diamond Rock Hill660 ft
  • Mount Misery660 ft
  • Harmony Hill500 ft
  • Osborne Hill380 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. All public domain.