Monroe County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 290 ft on the southeast side to 2,211 ft on Pimple Hill
Elevation
2,210 ft 675 m1,730 ft 525 m1,490 ft 455 m1,010 ft 310 m530 ft 160 m290 ft 90 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Monroe County averages about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 290 ft on the southeast side to 2,211 ft on Pimple Hill.

Average elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,211 ft 674 m
on Pimple Hill
Lowest
290 ft 90 m
on the southeast side

Monroe County spans about 1,920 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,240 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Pimple Hill (NGS survey height)
2,211 ft674 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, south to north

28 mi south to north through Coolbaugh Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 290 ft on the southeast side to 2,211 ft on Pimple Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
166,523 2024 est.
Land area
608.4 sq mi + 8.8 sq mi water
Density
274 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 77%, Valley and Ridge 23%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Wayne County1,480 ft
  2. Lackawanna County1,460 ft
  3. Luzerne County1,270 ft
  4. Pike County1,260 ft
  5. Carbon County1,260 ft
  6. Monroe County1,240 ft
  7. Sussex County, NJ790 ft
  8. Warren County, NJ610 ft
  9. Northampton County570 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pimple Hill2,211 ft
  • Dresser Hill2,210 ft
  • Turkey Knoll2,160 ft
  • Camelback Mountain2,131 ft
  • Shaffers Knob2,090 ft
All 33 towns in Monroe County by typical elevation
  1. Coolbaugh Township2,000 ft
  2. Gouldsboro partly1,940 ft
  3. Emerald Lakes1,910 ft
  4. Tunkhannock Township1,850 ft
  5. Indian Mountain Lake1,810 ft
  6. Tobyhanna Township1,810 ft
  7. Pocono Pines1,800 ft
  8. Mount Pocono1,800 ft
  9. Sierra View1,350 ft
  10. Sun Valley1,240 ft
  11. Barrett Township1,230 ft
  12. Mountainhome1,200 ft
  13. Paradise Township, Monroe County1,150 ft
  14. Pocono Township1,100 ft
  15. Chestnuthill Township1,060 ft
  16. Jackson Township, Monroe County1,050 ft
  17. Price Township1,040 ft
  18. Effort1,000 ft
  19. Polk Township990 ft
  20. Ross Township, Monroe County990 ft
  21. Penn Estates920 ft
  22. Middle Smithfield Township920 ft
  23. Saw Creek partly860 ft
  24. Eldred Township820 ft
  25. Brodheadsville750 ft
  26. Stroud Township700 ft
  27. Hamilton Township, Monroe County690 ft
  28. Saylorsburg690 ft
  29. Smithfield Township580 ft
  30. Arlington Heights480 ft
  31. East Stroudsburg480 ft
  32. Stroudsburg430 ft
  33. Delaware Water Gap390 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 2,210 ft at 41.2287° N, 75.3743° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.