Ephrata, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, shaded from 320 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on Ephrata Mountain
Elevation
810 ft 245 m680 ft 210 m620 ft 190 m500 ft 150 m380 ft 115 m320 ft 95 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

Ephrata sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 360–460 ft
Lowest
320 ft 95 m
on the southwest side
Highest
810 ft 245 m
on Ephrata Mountain
Average
420 ft 125 m
all land inside borough limits

Ephrata spans about 490 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on Ephrata Mountain
810 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
320 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ephrata
360 ft110 m
Airport (LNS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.7 mi southwest of the borough limits
403 ft123 m
Average of all land420 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, shaded from 320 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on Ephrata Mountain
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
13,719 2024 est.
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
4,014 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1798° N, 76.1788° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Lancaster (LNS) 403 ft
ZIP codes 1
17522
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Schoeneck590 ft
  2. Akron460 ft
  3. Reamstown450 ft
  4. Denver410 ft
  5. Ephrata410 ft
  6. Farmersville400 ft
  7. Stevens390 ft
  8. Ephrata Township390 ft
  9. West Earl Township370 ft
  10. Hinkletown370 ft
  11. Brownstown340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cannon Hill1,010 ft
  • Forge Hill, Lancaster County860 ft
  • Turkey Hill, Lancaster County840 ft
  • Ephrata Mountain810 ft
  • Kline Hill730 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.