North Franklin Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,510 ft 460 m1,390 ft 425 m1,330 ft 405 m1,210 ft 370 m1,090 ft 330 m1,020 ft 310 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
Township area: Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Franklin Township sits at about 1,180 ft (360 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,180 ft 360 m

most residents: 1,100–1,260 ft

Lowest

1,020 ft 310 m

on the northwest side

Highest

1,512 ft 461 m

on Mount Wheeler

Average

1,190 ft 360 m

all land inside township boundaries

North Franklin Township spans about 490 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	1,180 ft360 m
Highest point Inside township boundaries, on Mount Wheeler	1,512 ft461 m
Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side	1,020 ft310 m
Airport (AFJ) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi southwest of the township boundaries	1,184 ft361 m
Average of all land	1,190 ft360 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.1 mi west to east through the middle of North Franklin Township.

Topographic Map

Location: Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 4,746 2024 est.
Land area: 7.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density: 647 per sq mi
Coordinates: 40.1526° N, 80.2637° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to: Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport: Washington County (AFJ) 1,184 ft
ZIP codes 1: 15301

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

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Laboratory1,320 ft
Buffalo Township, Washington County1,250 ft
South Franklin Township1,220 ft
Amwell Township1,210 ft
Green Hills1,200 ft
North Franklin Township1,180 ft
Wolfdale1,170 ft
East Washington1,170 ft
Canton Township1,140 ft
Washington1,110 ft
Meadowlands1,010 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Pennsylvania1,132nd highest of 3,545
Towns in Washington County23rd highest of 103

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Mount Wheeler1,512 ft
Mosier Hill1,500 ft
Garrett Hill1,400 ft
Hannas Knob1,400 ft
Cemetery Hill, Washington County1,330 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).
Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,020 ft at 40.1638° N, 80.2743° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
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.