Forest Lake, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,720 ft 525 m1,680 ft 515 m1,610 ft 490 m1,550 ft 470 m1,510 ft 460 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Forest Lake sits at about 1,620 ft (495 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,620 ft 495 m
few residents
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the south side
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,620 ft 495 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Forest Lake spans about 280 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,620 ft495 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 1,790 ft545 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 1,510 ft460 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Forest Lake | 1,530 ft470 m |
| Average of all land | 1,620 ft495 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 59 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 102 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.8842° N, 75.9594° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Laurel Lake1,660 ft
- Montrose1,650 ft
- Silver Lake Township1,640 ft
- Forest Lake1,620 ft
- Bridgewater Township1,610 ft
- Franklin Township, Susquehanna County1,570 ft
- Forest Lake Township1,550 ft
- Friendsville1,470 ft
- Jessup Township1,450 ft
- Choconut Township1,430 ft
- Middletown Township, Susquehanna County1,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania357th highest of 3,545
- Towns in Susquehanna County11th highest of 46
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Knob2,692 ft
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- Miller Mountain2,200 ft
- Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
- Birchard Hill1,820 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Forest Lake 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.