Fayette County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,000 ft 915 m2,430 ft 740 m2,150 ft 655 m1,590 ft 485 m1,020 ft 310 m740 ft 225 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fayette County averages about 1,520 ft (465 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 740 ft on the northwest side to 3,000 ft on the east side.
Average elevation
1,520 ft 465 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,000 ft 915 m
on the east side
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the northwest side
Fayette County spans about 2,260 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,520 ft465 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the east side | 3,000 ft915 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 740 ft225 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
28 mi west to east through North Union Township.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 123,941 2024 est.
- Land area
- 790.8 sq mi + 8.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 157 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Garrett County, MD2,470 ft
- Somerset County2,200 ft
- Preston County, WV2,050 ft
- Fayette County1,520 ft
- Westmoreland County1,330 ft
- Monongalia County, WV1,320 ft
- Greene County1,200 ft
- Washington County1,150 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvania13th highest of 66
- Counties in the United States836th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Spook Hill3,000 ft
- Devies Mountain2,750 ft
- Sugarloaf Knob2,660 ft
- Fulton Knob2,640 ft
- Woodcock Hill2,530 ft
All 68 towns in Fayette County by typical elevation
- Seven Springs partly2,620 ft
- Henry Clay Township2,230 ft
- Markleysburg2,000 ft
- Chalkhill2,000 ft
- Deer Lake, Fayette County1,980 ft
- Wharton Township1,970 ft
- Stewart Township1,950 ft
- Saltlick Township1,870 ft
- Farmington1,850 ft
- Bear Rocks1,790 ft
- Springfield Township, Fayette County1,710 ft
- Ohiopyle1,240 ft
- Bullskin Township1,190 ft
- Franklin Township, Fayette County1,170 ft
- East Uniontown1,160 ft
- Georges Township1,150 ft
- Menallen Township1,150 ft
- Hopwood1,140 ft
- Perry Township, Fayette County1,140 ft
- Lower Tyrone Township1,130 ft
- Leith-Hatfield1,130 ft
- Dunbar Township1,130 ft
- South Union Township1,130 ft
- Lemont Furnace1,120 ft
- North Union Township1,120 ft
- German Township1,120 ft
- Connellsville Township1,110 ft
- Upper Tyrone Township1,090 ft
- Star Junction1,090 ft
- Nicholson Township1,090 ft
- Springhill Township1,080 ft
- Allison1,080 ft
- Buffington1,080 ft
- Brownsville Township1,070 ft
- Fairchance1,070 ft
- Everson1,070 ft
- South Uniontown1,070 ft
- New Salem, Fayette County1,060 ft
- Uniontown1,050 ft
- Dunbar1,050 ft
- Redstone Township1,050 ft
- Edenborn1,040 ft
- Oliver1,040 ft
- Smithfield1,030 ft
- Luzerne Township1,030 ft
- Hiller1,020 ft
- Republic1,020 ft
- Jefferson Township, Fayette County1,020 ft
- South Connellsville1,000 ft
- Rowes Run1,000 ft
- Masontown980 ft
- Vanderbilt980 ft
- Perryopolis970 ft
- Ronco970 ft
- Connellsville960 ft
- Smock960 ft
- Washington Township, Fayette County940 ft
- Brownsville940 ft
- Lynnwood-Pricedale partly940 ft
- Grindstone930 ft
- Fairhope930 ft
- Arnold City920 ft
- Point Marion880 ft
- Belle Vernon870 ft
- Fayette City850 ft
- Dawson850 ft
- Newell790 ft
- Naomi770 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.