Pen Argyl, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,440 ft 440 m1,230 ft 375 m1,130 ft 345 m930 ft 280 m720 ft 220 m620 ft 190 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- Borough area
- Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Pen Argyl sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 750–920 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the north side
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside borough limits
Pen Argyl spans about 820 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 | 810 ft245 m |
| Highest point Inside borough limits, on the north side | 1,440 ft440 m |
| Lowest point Inside borough limits, on the southeast side | 620 ft190 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Pen Argyl | 830 ft250 m |
| Average of all land | 840 ft255 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.4 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 3,484 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,596 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.8687° N, 75.2549° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 18072
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pen Argyl810 ft
- Wind Gap750 ft
- Roseto750 ft
- Hamilton Township, Monroe County690 ft
- Saylorsburg690 ft
- East Bangor670 ft
- Plainfield Township660 ft
- Washington Township, Northampton County650 ft
- Bangor600 ft
- Ackermanville600 ft
- Belfast580 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania2,110th highest of 3,545
- Towns in Northampton Countyhighest of 50
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Knob2,692 ft
- Miller Mountain2,200 ft
- Kittatinny Mountain1,540 ft
- Crystal Hill910 ft
- The Knob, Monroe County870 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).
- 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, 600 ft at 40.8618° N, 75.2585° 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.