Misericordia University, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,270 ft 390 m1,240 ft 380 m1,230 ft 375 m1,200 ft 365 m1,170 ft 355 m1,150 ft 350 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Misericordia University sits at about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,240 ft 380 m
few residents
Lowest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,230 ft 375 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Misericordia University 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,240 ft380 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 1,270 ft390 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 1,150 ft350 m |
| Airport (AVP) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi east of the CDP boundary | 962 ft293 m |
| Average of all land | 1,230 ft375 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.6 mi south to north through the middle of Misericordia University.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 1,064 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 5,456 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.3463° N, 75.9720° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (AVP) 962 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 18612
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Harveys Lake1,390 ft
- Franklin Township, Luzerne County1,280 ft
- Lehman Township, Luzerne County1,260 ft
- Dallas Township1,250 ft
- Misericordia University1,240 ft
- Dallas1,210 ft
- Kingston Township1,170 ft
- Chase1,150 ft
- Jackson Township, Luzerne County1,130 ft
- Shavertown1,120 ft
- Trucksville1,120 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania971st highest of 3,545
- Towns in Luzerne County28th highest of 102
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Knob2,692 ft
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- Miller Mountain2,200 ft
- Hickory Knob, Wyoming County1,570 ft
- Friendship Hill, Luzerne County1,300 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.
- Misericordia University 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.