New Kensington, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the north side to 1,210 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,210 ft 370 m1,090 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m910 ft 280 m800 ft 240 m740 ft 225 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

New Kensington sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 770–1,010 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the north side
Highest
1,210 ft 370 m
on the east side
Average
920 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits

New Kensington spans about 470 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,210 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Kensington
790 ft240 m
Average of all land920 ft280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the north side to 1,210 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
11,877 2024 est.
Land area
3.9 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
3,008 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5698° N, 79.7648° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
15068
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Frazer Township1,100 ft
  2. Lower Burrell1,020 ft
  3. East Deer Township970 ft
  4. Springdale Township960 ft
  5. Harwick950 ft
  6. New Kensington940 ft
  7. Cheswick880 ft
  8. Brackenridge870 ft
  9. Arnold840 ft
  10. Springdale840 ft
  11. Tarentum820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rich Hill, Allegheny County1,270 ft
  • Locust Knob1,260 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. All public domain.