Luzerne County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,450 ft 745 m1,960 ft 595 m1,710 ft 520 m1,220 ft 370 m720 ft 220 m470 ft 145 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Luzerne County averages about 1,270 ft (390 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 470 ft on the southwest side to 2,450 ft on North Mountain.
Average elevation
1,270 ft 390 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,450 ft 745 m
on North Mountain
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the southwest side
Luzerne County spans about 1,980 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,270 ft390 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on North Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 2,450 ft745 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side | 470 ft145 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
35 mi west to east through Wilkes-Barre.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 331,379 2024 est.
- Land area
- 889.9 sq mi + 16.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 372 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform regions
- Valley and Ridge 68%, Appalachian Plateaus 32%
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Sullivan County1,790 ft
- Lackawanna County1,460 ft
- Wyoming County1,290 ft
- Luzerne County1,270 ft
- Carbon County1,260 ft
- Monroe County1,240 ft
- Schuylkill County1,060 ft
- Columbia County990 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvania29th highest of 66
- Counties in the United States1,024th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- North Mountain2,450 ft
- Kocher Mountain2,270 ft
- Bald Mountain, Luzerne County2,150 ft
- Little Shiney Mountain2,130 ft
- Wyoming Mountain2,110 ft
All 103 towns in Luzerne County by typical elevation
- Freeland1,860 ft
- Buck Township1,860 ft
- Bear Creek Township1,860 ft
- Hazleton1,690 ft
- West Hazleton1,680 ft
- Pardeesville1,680 ft
- Lattimer1,650 ft
- Harleigh1,650 ft
- Jeddo1,640 ft
- Hazle Township1,630 ft
- Foster Township, Luzerne County1,610 ft
- Bear Creek Village1,600 ft
- Fairview Township, Luzerne County1,510 ft
- Hickory Hills1,450 ft
- Mountain Top1,410 ft
- Harveys Lake1,390 ft
- Wright Township1,380 ft
- Lake Township, Luzerne County1,340 ft
- Penn Lake Park1,340 ft
- Laurel Run1,310 ft
- Dennison Township1,300 ft
- Pikes Creek1,290 ft
- Franklin Township, Luzerne County1,280 ft
- Ross Township, Luzerne County1,270 ft
- Lehman Township, Luzerne County1,260 ft
- Dallas Township1,250 ft
- Fairmount Township1,250 ft
- Misericordia University1,240 ft
- Silkworth1,220 ft
- Dallas1,210 ft
- Rice Township1,210 ft
- White Haven1,200 ft
- Nuangola1,180 ft
- Kingston Township1,170 ft
- Weston1,160 ft
- Chase1,150 ft
- Nuremberg partly1,140 ft
- Jackson Township, Luzerne County1,130 ft
- Butler Township, Luzerne County1,120 ft
- Shavertown1,120 ft
- Trucksville1,120 ft
- Hunlock Township1,110 ft
- Dorrance Township1,100 ft
- Slocum Township1,100 ft
- Beech Mountain Lakes1,090 ft
- Sugarloaf Township1,070 ft
- Exeter Township, Luzerne County1,070 ft
- Black Creek Township1,070 ft
- Hollenback Township1,010 ft
- Union Township, Luzerne County1,000 ft
- Conyngham990 ft
- Huntington Township, Luzerne County960 ft
- Laflin940 ft
- New Columbus910 ft
- Nescopeck Township880 ft
- Courtdale810 ft
- Pittston Township800 ft
- Yatesville790 ft
- Upper Exeter780 ft
- Dupont770 ft
- Wanamie770 ft
- Hughestown750 ft
- Georgetown750 ft
- Avoca730 ft
- Glen Lyon730 ft
- Jenkins Township730 ft
- Inkerman730 ft
- Conyngham Township720 ft
- Browntown720 ft
- Sugar Notch710 ft
- Newport Township710 ft
- Wilkes-Barre Township710 ft
- Plymouth Township, Luzerne County690 ft
- Larksville670 ft
- Sheatown670 ft
- Warrior Run660 ft
- Nanticoke650 ft
- Hudson650 ft
- Duryea650 ft
- Shickshinny650 ft
- Pringle650 ft
- Pittston640 ft
- Plains Township640 ft
- Ashley640 ft
- Plains630 ft
- Hanover Township620 ft
- Hilldale620 ft
- West Nanticoke600 ft
- Salem Township, Luzerne County600 ft
- Edwardsville590 ft
- East Berwick590 ft
- Wilkes-Barre590 ft
- Luzerne580 ft
- Plymouth570 ft
- West Pittston570 ft
- Wyoming570 ft
- West Wyoming570 ft
- Exeter560 ft
- Mocanaqua550 ft
- Swoyersville550 ft
- Forty Fort550 ft
- Kingston540 ft
- Nescopeck520 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.