Northampton County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 61 ft near the middle to 1,690 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,690 ft 515 m1,280 ft 390 m1,080 ft 330 m670 ft 205 m260 ft 80 m61 ft 19 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Northampton County averages about 570 ft (175 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 61 ft near the middle to 1,690 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
570 ft 175 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the north side
Lowest
61 ft 19 m
near the middle

Northampton County spans about 1,629 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land570 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,690 ft515 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
61 ft19 m

Elevation profile, south to north

19 mi south to north through Bethlehem.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 61 ft near the middle to 1,690 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
322,989 2024 est.
Land area
369.8 sq mi + 7.4 sq mi water
Density
873 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 72%, New England 28%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Carbon County1,260 ft
  2. Monroe County1,240 ft
  3. Warren County, NJ610 ft
  4. Lehigh County580 ft
  5. Northampton County570 ft
  6. Bucks County340 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Gaffney Hill1,010 ft
  • Kirchberg1,010 ft
  • Kohlberg970 ft
  • Hexenkopf Hill940 ft
  • Swoveberg850 ft
All 50 towns in Northampton County by typical elevation
  1. Pen Argyl810 ft
  2. Wind Gap750 ft
  3. Moore Township750 ft
  4. Roseto750 ft
  5. Cherryville720 ft
  6. Chapman700 ft
  7. East Bangor670 ft
  8. Bushkill Township670 ft
  9. Plainfield Township660 ft
  10. Lehigh Township660 ft
  11. Washington Township, Northampton County650 ft
  12. Morgan Hill650 ft
  13. Upper Mount Bethel Township610 ft
  14. Bangor600 ft
  15. Ackermanville600 ft
  16. Belfast580 ft
  17. Williams Township570 ft
  18. Upper Nazareth Township510 ft
  19. Mount Bethel510 ft
  20. Nazareth500 ft
  21. Eastlawn Gardens490 ft
  22. Bath450 ft
  23. Allen Township440 ft
  24. Lower Saucon Township440 ft
  25. East Allen Township410 ft
  26. Walnutport410 ft
  27. Stockertown400 ft
  28. Old Orchard400 ft
  29. Lower Nazareth Township390 ft
  30. Chestnut Hill380 ft
  31. Tatamy380 ft
  32. Wilson380 ft
  33. Bethlehem Township380 ft
  34. Forks Township380 ft
  35. Palmer Township370 ft
  36. Hanover Township, Northampton County370 ft
  37. Portland370 ft
  38. North Catasauqua370 ft
  39. Lower Mount Bethel Township360 ft
  40. Palmer Heights360 ft
  41. Northampton360 ft
  42. Middletown, Northampton County340 ft
  43. Bethlehem340 ft
  44. Hellertown330 ft
  45. West Easton330 ft
  46. Easton330 ft
  47. Glendon310 ft
  48. Freemansburg300 ft
  49. Raubsville300 ft
  50. Martins Creek280 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.