Intercourse, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Intercourse, Pennsylvania, shaded from 370 ft on the northwest side to 480 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
480 ft 145 m450 ft 140 m440 ft 135 m410 ft 125 m380 ft 115 m370 ft 110 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.
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

Intercourse sits at about 420 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
420 ft 130 m
most residents: 410–440 ft
Lowest
370 ft 110 m
on the northwest side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on the northwest side
Average
420 ft 125 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Intercourse spans about 110 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
420 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
370 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Intercourse
430 ft130 m
Airport (LNS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
403 ft123 m
Average of all land420 ft125 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Intercourse, Pennsylvania, shaded from 370 ft on the northwest side to 480 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,494 2020 Census
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
788 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0376° N, 76.1050° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Lancaster (LNS) 403 ft
ZIP codes 3
17529 17534 17572
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. New Holland500 ft
  2. Paradise Township460 ft
  3. Earl Township460 ft
  4. Intercourse420 ft
  5. Leacock Township410 ft
  6. Gordonville390 ft
  7. Paradise390 ft
  8. Ronks380 ft
  9. Soudersburg370 ft
  10. Smoketown360 ft
  11. Bird-in-Hand350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gap Hill, Lancaster County830 ft
  • Stony Hill, Lancaster County770 ft
  • Oak Hill, Lancaster County630 ft
  • Bunker Hill, Lancaster County560 ft
  • Dry Hill, Lancaster County560 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).
  • 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.
  • Intercourse 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. All public domain.