Lackawanna County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 540 ft on the west side to 2,310 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
2,310 ft 705 m1,870 ft 570 m1,650 ft 500 m1,200 ft 365 m760 ft 230 m540 ft 165 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Lackawanna County averages about 1,460 ft (445 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 540 ft on the west side to 2,310 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,460 ft 445 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,310 ft 705 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
540 ft 165 m
on the west side

Lackawanna County spans about 1,770 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 land1,460 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
2,310 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
540 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

26 mi south to north through Scranton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 540 ft on the west side to 2,310 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
216,859 2024 est.
Land area
458.8 sq mi + 6.1 sq mi water
Density
473 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 66%, Valley and Ridge 34%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Wayne County1,480 ft
  2. Lackawanna County1,460 ft
  3. Susquehanna County1,430 ft
  4. Wyoming County1,290 ft
  5. Luzerne County1,270 ft
  6. Monroe County1,240 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Mountain, Lackawanna County2,280 ft
  • Big Pine Hill2,260 ft
  • Big Shiney Mountain2,180 ft
  • Panther Hill2,180 ft
  • West Mountain, Lackawanna County2,150 ft
All 47 towns in Lackawanna County by typical elevation
  1. Mount Cobb2,020 ft
  2. Eagle Lake1,910 ft
  3. Big Bass Lake1,900 ft
  4. Clifton Township1,880 ft
  5. Covington Township1,840 ft
  6. Thornhurst Township1,780 ft
  7. Moscow1,720 ft
  8. Madison Township1,690 ft
  9. Spring Brook Township1,690 ft
  10. Roaring Brook Township1,680 ft
  11. Jefferson Township, Lackawanna County1,650 ft
  12. Greenfield Township, Lackawanna County1,610 ft
  13. Vandling1,590 ft
  14. Scott Township, Lackawanna County1,550 ft
  15. Elmhurst Township1,510 ft
  16. South Abington Township1,390 ft
  17. Clarks Green1,380 ft
  18. Chinchilla1,360 ft
  19. Carbondale Township1,340 ft
  20. Clarks Summit1,340 ft
  21. Fell Township1,310 ft
  22. Newton Township1,300 ft
  23. Ransom Township1,290 ft
  24. Waverly Township1,290 ft
  25. Waverly1,270 ft
  26. North Abington Township1,260 ft
  27. Benton Township1,220 ft
  28. Simpson1,200 ft
  29. Glenburn Township1,180 ft
  30. Glenburn1,160 ft
  31. West Abington Township1,160 ft
  32. Carbondale1,140 ft
  33. Dalton1,060 ft
  34. La Plume Township1,030 ft
  35. Dunmore990 ft
  36. Mayfield990 ft
  37. Archbald980 ft
  38. Jermyn970 ft
  39. Jessup880 ft
  40. Throop850 ft
  41. Olyphant850 ft
  42. Moosic840 ft
  43. Scranton840 ft
  44. Blakely820 ft
  45. Taylor800 ft
  46. Dickson City780 ft
  47. Old Forge740 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.