Moshannon, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,630 ft 495 m1,570 ft 480 m1,540 ft 470 m1,470 ft 450 m1,410 ft 430 m1,380 ft 420 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Moshannon sits at about 1,520 ft (465 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,520 ft 465 m

most residents: 1,450–1,610 ft

Lowest

1,380 ft 420 m

on the southwest side

Highest

1,630 ft 495 m

on the north side

Average

1,530 ft 465 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Moshannon spans about 250 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,520 ft465 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side	1,630 ft495 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side	1,380 ft420 m
Town center USGS map point for Moshannon	1,530 ft465 m
Airport (UNV) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 15 mi southeast of the CDP boundary	1,231 ft375 m
Average of all land	1,530 ft465 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 213 2020 Census
Land area: 0.3 sq mi
Density: 636 per sq mi
Coordinates: 41.0323° N, 78.0050° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to: West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport: State College Regional (UNV) 1,231 ft
ZIP codes 1: 16859

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Karthaus Township2,090 ft
Snow Shoe1,670 ft
Drifting1,610 ft
Grassflat1,570 ft
Lanse1,550 ft
Snow Shoe Township1,530 ft
Cooper Township1,530 ft
Moshannon1,520 ft
Pine Glen1,520 ft
Burnside Township, Centre County1,520 ft
Clarence1,520 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Pennsylvania470th highest of 3,545
Towns in Centre County5th highest of 78

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Brush Mountain2,580 ft
Loop Mountain2,500 ft
Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
The Winehead2,363 ft
Tower Hill, Centre County1,824 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.
Moshannon 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.