Northumberland, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, shaded from 420 ft on the southwest side to 820 ft on the north side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m670 ft 205 m570 ft 175 m470 ft 145 m420 ft 130 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

Northumberland sits at about 500 ft (150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 150 m
most residents: 460–690 ft
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the southwest side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the north side
Average
560 ft 170 m
all land inside borough limits

Northumberland spans about 400 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
500 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the north side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
420 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Northumberland
500 ft150 m
Airport (SEG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi southwest of the borough limits
464 ft141 m
Average of all land560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, shaded from 420 ft on the southwest side to 820 ft on the north side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,835 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
2,382 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8918° N, 76.7975° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Penn Valley (SEG) 464 ft
ZIP codes 1
17857
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Union Township, Union County670 ft
  2. Upper Augusta Township670 ft
  3. Kratzerville650 ft
  4. Winfield640 ft
  5. Point Township590 ft
  6. Monroe Township, Snyder County530 ft
  7. Kapp Heights520 ft
  8. Shamokin Dam510 ft
  9. Northumberland500 ft
  10. Hummels Wharf480 ft
  11. Sunbury440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • The Knobs, Northumberland County630 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.