McKean County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McKean County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,280 ft on the southeast side to 2,450 ft on Prospect Hill
Elevation
2,450 ft 745 m2,160 ft 655 m2,010 ft 615 m1,720 ft 525 m1,430 ft 435 m1,280 ft 390 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
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

McKean County averages about 1,920 ft (585 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,280 ft on the southeast side to 2,450 ft on Prospect Hill.

Average elevation
1,920 ft 585 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,450 ft 745 m
on Prospect Hill
Lowest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the southeast side

McKean County spans about 1,170 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 land1,920 ft585 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Prospect Hill
2,450 ft745 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

37 mi west to east through Bradford.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McKean County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,280 ft on the southeast side to 2,450 ft on Prospect Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
39,478 2024 est.
Land area
979.7 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
40 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. Potter County2,010 ft
  2. McKean County1,920 ft
  3. Allegany County, NY1,840 ft
  4. Elk County1,780 ft
  5. Cattaraugus County, NY1,720 ft
  6. Cameron County1,700 ft
  7. Warren County1,640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Prospect Hill, McKean County2,450 ft
  • Blacksnake Mountain2,350 ft
  • Devils Den, McKean County2,330 ft
  • Howard Hill2,320 ft
  • Jay Cox Hill2,280 ft
All 25 towns in McKean County by typical elevation
  1. Mount Jewett2,230 ft
  2. Rew2,200 ft
  3. Lafayette Township2,160 ft
  4. Hamlin Township2,080 ft
  5. Sergeant Township2,080 ft
  6. Corydon Township2,040 ft
  7. Wetmore Township1,980 ft
  8. Kane1,980 ft
  9. Keating Township1,900 ft
  10. Annin Township1,890 ft
  11. Liberty Township, McKean County1,870 ft
  12. Otto Township1,820 ft
  13. Hamilton Township, McKean County1,810 ft
  14. Foster Township1,790 ft
  15. Ceres Township1,760 ft
  16. Eldred Township, McKean County1,680 ft
  17. Norwich Township1,620 ft
  18. Bradford Township1,580 ft
  19. Lewis Run1,560 ft
  20. Smethport1,500 ft
  21. Port Allegany1,500 ft
  22. Foster Brook1,490 ft
  23. University of Pittsburgh Bradford1,480 ft
  24. Eldred1,470 ft
  25. Bradford1,460 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 2,450 ft at 41.8843° N, 78.2065° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.