Erie County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Erie County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 570 ft near the middle to 1,910 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,570 ft 480 m1,410 ft 430 m1,070 ft 325 m740 ft 225 m570 ft 175 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Erie County averages about 1,190 ft (360 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft near the middle to 1,910 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,190 ft 360 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
near the middle

Erie County spans about 1,340 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,190 ft360 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

38 mi south to north through Erie.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Erie County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 570 ft near the middle to 1,910 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
267,750 2024 est.
Land area
799.0 sq mi + 759.1 sq mi water
Density
335 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 81%, Central Lowland 18%
Drains to
Great Lakes 54%, Gulf of America 46%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Warren County1,640 ft
  2. Chautauqua County, NY1,400 ft
  3. Crawford County1,310 ft
  4. Erie County1,190 ft
  5. Ashtabula County, OH900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Gibson Hill1,550 ft
  • Mount Pleasant1,510 ft
  • Oak Hill, Erie County1,420 ft
All 43 towns in Erie County by typical elevation
  1. Concord Township, Erie County1,610 ft
  2. Wayne Township, Erie County1,530 ft
  3. Corry1,440 ft
  4. Union Township, Erie County1,440 ft
  5. Greenfield Township, Erie County1,430 ft
  6. Amity Township, Erie County1,420 ft
  7. Venango Township1,400 ft
  8. Elgin1,390 ft
  9. LeBoeuf Township1,380 ft
  10. Waterford Township1,350 ft
  11. Greene Township, Erie County1,330 ft
  12. Washington Township, Erie County1,310 ft
  13. Union City1,300 ft
  14. Wattsburg1,290 ft
  15. Franklin Township, Erie County1,260 ft
  16. Summit Township1,240 ft
  17. Edinboro1,220 ft
  18. Waterford1,210 ft
  19. Mill Village1,210 ft
  20. Elk Creek Township1,110 ft
  21. McKean Township1,080 ft
  22. Penn State Erie (Behrend)1,030 ft
  23. McKean1,020 ft
  24. Conneaut Township1,020 ft
  25. Cranesville920 ft
  26. Albion910 ft
  27. Platea890 ft
  28. Millcreek Township880 ft
  29. North East Township830 ft
  30. North East800 ft
  31. Fairview790 ft
  32. Girard Township790 ft
  33. Fairview Township, Erie County770 ft
  34. Girard770 ft
  35. Harborcreek Township750 ft
  36. Wesleyville740 ft
  37. Northwest Harborcreek740 ft
  38. Erie740 ft
  39. Lake City710 ft
  40. Springfield Township, Erie County710 ft
  41. Avonia660 ft
  42. Lawrence Park660 ft
  43. Lawrence Park Township660 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.