Messiah College, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Messiah College, Pennsylvania, shaded from 390 ft on the east side to 570 ft on the east side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m520 ft 160 m500 ft 150 m460 ft 140 m410 ft 125 m390 ft 120 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

Messiah College sits at about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
460 ft 140 m
few residents
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the east side
Highest
570 ft 170 m
on the east side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Messiah College spans about 180 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
570 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
390 ft120 m
Airport (MDT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi east of the CDP boundary
310 ft94 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the middle of Messiah College.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Messiah College, Pennsylvania, shaded from 390 ft on the east side to 570 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,841 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
8,850 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1594° N, 76.9853° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harrisburg International (MDT) 310 ft
ZIP codes 1
17027
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Franklintown700 ft
  2. Monaghan Township590 ft
  3. Dillsburg590 ft
  4. Carroll Township570 ft
  5. Upper Allen Township500 ft
  6. Monroe Township490 ft
  7. Messiah College460 ft
  8. Mechanicsburg440 ft
  9. Silver Spring Township430 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 median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Messiah College 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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.