Mechanicsburg, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, shaded from 410 ft on the west side to 490 ft on the south side
Elevation
490 ft 150 m470 ft 145 m460 ft 140 m440 ft 135 m420 ft 125 m410 ft 125 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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mechanicsburg sits at about 440 ft (135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
440 ft 135 m
most residents: 430–470 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the west side
Highest
490 ft 150 m
on the south side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside borough limits

Mechanicsburg spans about 80 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
440 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
490 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mechanicsburg
430 ft130 m
Airport (MDT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi east of the borough limits
310 ft94 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, shaded from 410 ft on the west side to 490 ft on the south side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
10,085 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
4,185 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2143° N, 77.0086° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harrisburg International (MDT) 310 ft
ZIP codes 1
17055
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monaghan Township590 ft
  2. Upper Allen Township500 ft
  3. Monroe Township490 ft
  4. Messiah College460 ft
  5. New Kingstown450 ft
  6. Mechanicsburg440 ft
  7. Silver Spring Township430 ft
  8. Camp Hill420 ft
  9. Hampden Township420 ft
  10. Shiremanstown420 ft
  11. Lower Allen Township400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough limits, 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 borough limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.