Newton Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newton Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 550 ft on the southwest side to 2,280 ft on Bald Mountain
Elevation
2,280 ft 695 m1,850 ft 565 m1,630 ft 495 m1,200 ft 365 m760 ft 235 m550 ft 165 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Newton Township sits at about 1,300 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,300 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,070–1,870 ft
Lowest
550 ft 165 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,280 ft 695 m
on Bald Mountain
Average
1,300 ft 395 m
all land inside township boundaries

Newton Township spans about 1,730 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
1,300 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Bald Mountain
2,280 ft695 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
550 ft165 m
Airport (AVP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi south of the township boundaries
962 ft293 m
Average of all land1,300 ft395 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Newton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newton Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 550 ft on the southwest side to 2,280 ft on Bald Mountain
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,941 2024 est.
Land area
22.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
132 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4611° N, 75.7623° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (AVP) 962 ft
ZIP codes 2
18411 18414
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Abington Township1,390 ft
  2. Clarks Green1,380 ft
  3. Chinchilla1,360 ft
  4. Clarks Summit1,340 ft
  5. Newton Township1,300 ft
  6. Glenburn Township1,180 ft
  7. Glenburn1,160 ft
  8. West Abington Township1,160 ft
  9. Falls Township, Wyoming County970 ft
  10. Exeter Township, Wyoming County650 ft
  11. West Falls610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Lackawanna County2,280 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Griffin Hill1,270 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.