Nanticoke, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
940 ft 285 m830 ft 255 m780 ft 235 m670 ft 205 m560 ft 170 m500 ft 155 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Nanticoke sits at about 650 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
650 ft 200 m
most residents: 600–690 ft
Lowest
500 ft 155 m
on the northwest side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
630 ft 190 m
all land inside city limits
Nanticoke spans about 440 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 | 650 ft200 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 940 ft285 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 500 ft155 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Nanticoke | 560 ft170 m |
| Average of all land | 630 ft190 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 10,730 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,104 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.2054° N, 76.0049° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 18634
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Nuangola1,180 ft
- Hunlock Township1,110 ft
- Wanamie770 ft
- Sugar Notch710 ft
- Newport Township710 ft
- Plymouth Township, Luzerne County690 ft
- Sheatown670 ft
- Warrior Run660 ft
- Nanticoke650 ft
- West Nanticoke600 ft
- Plymouth570 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania2,467th highest of 3,545
- Towns in Luzerne County76th highest of 102
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Knob2,692 ft
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- Miller Mountain2,200 ft
- Little Wilkes-Barre Mountain1,530 ft
- Honey Pot1,160 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.