Jefferson County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,090 ft on the southwest side to 2,170 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,170 ft 660 m1,900 ft 580 m1,760 ft 540 m1,500 ft 455 m1,230 ft 375 m1,090 ft 335 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jefferson County averages about 1,580 ft (480 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,090 ft on the southwest side to 2,170 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,580 ft 480 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,170 ft 660 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
1,090 ft 335 m
on the southwest side

Jefferson County spans about 1,080 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,580 ft480 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,170 ft660 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,090 ft335 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Punxsutawney.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,090 ft on the southwest side to 2,170 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
43,367 2024 est.
Land area
652.5 sq mi + 4.4 sq mi water
Density
66 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

  1. Elk County1,780 ft
  2. Clearfield County1,650 ft
  3. Forest County1,590 ft
  4. Jefferson County1,580 ft
  5. Indiana County1,430 ft
  6. Clarion County1,420 ft
  7. Armstrong County1,220 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Beartown Rocks1,930 ft
  • Edeburn Hill1,900 ft
  • Songer Hill1,880 ft
  • Stahlman Roundtop1,860 ft
  • Shawkey Hill1,850 ft
All 35 towns in Jefferson County by typical elevation
  1. Gaskill Township1,710 ft
  2. Warsaw Township1,690 ft
  3. Heath Township1,680 ft
  4. Polk Township, Jefferson County1,680 ft
  5. Eldred Township, Jefferson County1,660 ft
  6. Washington Township, Jefferson County1,660 ft
  7. Snyder Township, Jefferson County1,640 ft
  8. Porter Township, Jefferson County1,640 ft
  9. Knox Township1,630 ft
  10. McCalmont Township1,610 ft
  11. Corsica1,600 ft
  12. Union Township, Jefferson County1,590 ft
  13. Winslow Township1,570 ft
  14. Oliver Township, Jefferson County1,550 ft
  15. Barnett Township, Jefferson County1,540 ft
  16. Perry Township, Jefferson County1,520 ft
  17. Rose Township1,510 ft
  18. Ringgold Township1,480 ft
  19. Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County1,480 ft
  20. Crenshaw1,470 ft
  21. Henderson Township1,470 ft
  22. Brockway1,460 ft
  23. Bell Township, Jefferson County1,450 ft
  24. Falls Creek1,450 ft
  25. Young Township, Jefferson County1,430 ft
  26. Beaver Township, Jefferson County1,430 ft
  27. Sykesville1,410 ft
  28. Reynoldsville1,400 ft
  29. Clover Township1,370 ft
  30. Brookville1,350 ft
  31. Big Run1,300 ft
  32. Punxsutawney1,280 ft
  33. Timblin1,270 ft
  34. Worthville1,190 ft
  35. Summerville1,170 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.