Norristown, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Norristown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 48 ft on the south side to 260 ft on the east side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m210 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m130 ft 40 m74 ft 23 m48 ft 15 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.
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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Norristown sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
150 ft 45 m
most residents: 100–190 ft
Lowest
48 ft 15 m
on the south side
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the east side
Average
150 ft 45 m
all land inside borough limits

Norristown spans about 212 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
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
48 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for Norristown
160 ft45 m
Airport (LOM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi east of the borough limits
302 ft92 m
Average of all land150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Norristown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 48 ft on the south side to 260 ft on the east side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
36,075 2024 est.
Land area
3.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
10,263 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1215° N, 75.3399° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wings Field (LOM) 302 ft
ZIP codes 1
19401
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Norriton Township240 ft
  2. West Norriton Township210 ft
  3. Plymouth Township200 ft
  4. Plymouth Meeting180 ft
  5. Upper Merion Township180 ft
  6. King of Prussia170 ft
  7. Norristown150 ft
  8. Swedesburg140 ft
  9. Swedeland130 ft
  10. Conshohocken130 ft
  11. Bridgeport120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Joy420 ft
  • Camp Hill340 ft
  • Sandy Hill340 ft
  • Fort Hill, Montgomery County290 ft
  • Lafayette Hill280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough 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 borough 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.