Metal Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Metal Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 620 ft on the south side to 2,460 ft on Big Mountain
Elevation
2,460 ft 750 m2,000 ft 610 m1,770 ft 540 m1,310 ft 400 m850 ft 260 m620 ft 190 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
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Metal Township sits at about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
850 ft 260 m
most residents: 740–1,120 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the south side
Highest
2,460 ft 750 m
on Big Mountain
Average
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside township boundaries

Metal Township spans about 1,840 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
850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Big Mountain
2,460 ft750 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
620 ft190 m
Town center
USGS map point for Metal Township
700 ft215 m
Average of all land1,060 ft325 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Metal Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 620 ft on the south side to 2,460 ft on Big Mountain
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,763 2024 est.
Land area
44.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
40 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0140° N, 77.8789° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 3
17221 17224 17271
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hustontown1,160 ft
  2. Dublin Township1,070 ft
  3. Taylor Township, Fulton County1,070 ft
  4. Todd Township1,050 ft
  5. Dublin Township, Fulton County1,000 ft
  6. McConnellsburg910 ft
  7. Burnt Cabins880 ft
  8. Metal Township850 ft
  9. Fort Loudon650 ft
  10. Peters Township, Franklin County620 ft
  11. St. Thomas Township610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Loop Mountain2,500 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); BTS time zones. All public domain.