Hamiltonban Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hamiltonban Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 570 ft on the east side to 1,890 ft on The Knob
Elevation
1,890 ft 575 m1,560 ft 475 m1,390 ft 425 m1,060 ft 325 m730 ft 225 m570 ft 170 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hamiltonban Township sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 620–1,380 ft
Lowest
570 ft 170 m
on the east side
Highest
1,890 ft 575 m
on The Knob
Average
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside township boundaries

Hamiltonban Township spans about 1,320 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on The Knob
1,890 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
570 ft170 m
Airport (W05)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi northeast of the township boundaries
553 ft169 m
Average of all land1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.2 mi west to east through the middle of Hamiltonban Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hamiltonban Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 570 ft on the east side to 1,890 ft on The Knob
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,358 2024 est.
Land area
39.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
60 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7962° N, 77.4071° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Monocacy River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Gettysburg Regional (W05) 553 ft
ZIP codes 4
17222 17320 17325 17353
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blue Ridge Summit1,340 ft
  2. Hamiltonban Township970 ft
  3. Franklin Township, Adams County960 ft
  4. Cashtown700 ft
  5. Carroll Valley660 ft
  6. Orrtanna660 ft
  7. McKnightstown640 ft
  8. Highland Township, Adams County610 ft
  9. Fairfield600 ft
  10. Liberty Township, Adams County590 ft
  11. Freedom Township, Adams County500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 470 ft at 39.7960° N, 77.3543° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.