Philipsburg, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,420 ft on the north side to 1,690 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,690 ft 515 m1,630 ft 495 m1,590 ft 485 m1,520 ft 465 m1,450 ft 445 m1,420 ft 430 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

Philipsburg sits at about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 440 m
most residents: 1,430–1,570 ft
Lowest
1,420 ft 430 m
on the north side
Highest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside borough limits

Philipsburg spans about 270 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
1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
1,690 ft515 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the north side
1,420 ft430 m
Town center
USGS map point for Philipsburg
1,450 ft440 m
Airport (PSB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi east of the borough limits
1,948 ft594 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,420 ft on the north side to 1,690 ft on the southeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,735 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
2,583 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8964° N, 78.2206° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Mid-State (PSB) 1,948 ft
ZIP codes 1
16866
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Morrisdale1,630 ft
  2. West Decatur1,620 ft
  3. Rush Township1,590 ft
  4. Morris Township1,570 ft
  5. Decatur Township1,550 ft
  6. Osceola Mills1,520 ft
  7. North Philipsburg1,490 ft
  8. Chester Hill1,480 ft
  9. South Philipsburg1,460 ft
  10. Philipsburg1,450 ft
  11. Hawk Run1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Brush Mountain2,580 ft
  • Loop Mountain2,500 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 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.