Hershey, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hershey, Pennsylvania, shaded from 330 ft on the west side to 790 ft on the south side
Elevation
790 ft 240 m680 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m500 ft 155 m380 ft 115 m330 ft 100 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hershey sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
430 ft 130 m
most residents: 400–520 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the west side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the south side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Hershey spans about 460 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
430 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
330 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hershey
420 ft125 m
Airport (MDT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
310 ft94 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hershey, Pennsylvania, shaded from 330 ft on the west side to 790 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
13,858 2020 Census
Land area
14.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
969 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2859° N, 76.6502° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harrisburg International (MDT) 310 ft
ZIP codes 3
17033 17036 17078
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Conewago Township, Dauphin County560 ft
  2. South Londonderry Township490 ft
  3. Campbelltown480 ft
  4. South Hanover Township460 ft
  5. Palmyra460 ft
  6. North Londonderry Township460 ft
  7. Palmdale440 ft
  8. Hershey430 ft
  9. Derry Township420 ft
  10. Hummelstown390 ft
  11. Union Deposit390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Governor Dick Hill1,151 ft
  • Round Top, Dauphin County920 ft
  • Conewago Hill770 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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, 330 ft at 40.2826° N, 76.6779° 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.
  • Hershey 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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.