Melrose Park, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, shaded from 130 ft on the east side to 250 ft on the north side
Elevation
250 ft 75 m220 ft 65 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m130 ft 40 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Melrose Park sits at about 200 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
200 ft 60 m
most residents: 170–240 ft
Lowest
130 ft 40 m
on the east side
Highest
250 ft 75 m
on the north side
Average
200 ft 60 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Melrose Park spans about 120 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
200 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
250 ft75 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
130 ft40 m
Town center
USGS map point for Melrose Park
210 ft65 m
Airport (PHL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
36 ft11 m
Average of all land200 ft60 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, shaded from 130 ft on the east side to 250 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,493 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
4,374 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0618° N, 75.1318° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Philadelphia International (PHL) 36 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arcadia University320 ft
  2. Jenkintown280 ft
  3. Glenside270 ft
  4. Wyncote270 ft
  5. Cheltenham Township240 ft
  6. McKinley230 ft
  7. Rockledge230 ft
  8. Elkins Park210 ft
  9. Melrose Park200 ft
  10. Oak Lane190 ft
  11. Cheltenham Village140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Camp Hill340 ft
  • Fort Hill, Montgomery County290 ft
  • Lafayette Hill280 ft
  • Georges Hill270 ft
  • Lemon Hill140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Melrose Park is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.