Penn Hills, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, shaded from 720 ft on the southwest side to 1,320 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,320 ft 400 m1,170 ft 355 m1,090 ft 335 m950 ft 290 m800 ft 245 m720 ft 220 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Penn Hills sits at about 1,140 ft (350 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,140 ft 350 m
most residents: 1,000–1,220 ft
Lowest
720 ft 220 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,090 ft 335 m
all land inside borough limits

Penn Hills spans about 600 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
1,140 ft350 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
1,320 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
720 ft220 m
Town center
USGS map point for Penn Hills
930 ft285 m
Average of all land1,090 ft335 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, shaded from 720 ft on the southwest side to 1,320 ft on the southwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City and borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
41,059 2020 Census
Land area
19.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,145 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5012° N, 79.8392° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Penn Hills1,140 ft
  2. Fox Chapel1,100 ft
  3. O'Hara Township1,010 ft
  4. Harmar Township950 ft
  5. Harwick950 ft
  6. Cheswick880 ft
  7. Springdale840 ft
  8. Verona840 ft
  9. Blawnox830 ft
  10. Oakmont820 ft
  11. Aspinwall760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pollocks Knob1,350 ft
  • Rich Hill, Allegheny County1,270 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, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.