Potter County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Potter County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 2,580 ft on Bailey Hill
Elevation
2,580 ft 785 m1,930 ft 590 m1,610 ft 490 m970 ft 295 m320 ft 100 m0 ft 0 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Potter County averages about 2,010 ft (610 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the northeast side to 2,580 ft on Bailey Hill.

Average elevation
2,010 ft 610 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,580 ft 785 m
on Bailey Hill
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the northeast side

Potter County spans about 2,580 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 land2,010 ft610 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Bailey Hill
2,580 ft785 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through Coudersport.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Potter County, Pennsylvania, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 2,580 ft on Bailey Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population
15,993 2024 est.
Land area
1,081.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 63%, Gulf of America 25%, Great Lakes 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Potter County2,010 ft
  2. McKean County1,920 ft
  3. Allegany County, NY1,840 ft
  4. Tioga County1,730 ft
  5. Cameron County1,700 ft
  6. Steuben County, NY1,620 ft
  7. Clinton County1,460 ft
  8. Lycoming County1,310 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bailey Hill2,580 ft
  • Lyon Hill2,580 ft
  • White Knoll2,568 ft
  • Cobb Hill2,570 ft
  • Sweden Hill2,560 ft
All 33 towns in Potter County by typical elevation
  1. Allegany Township2,290 ft
  2. Sweden Township2,260 ft
  3. Ulysses Township2,220 ft
  4. Bingham Township2,180 ft
  5. Clara Township2,170 ft
  6. West Branch Township2,170 ft
  7. Ulysses2,140 ft
  8. Eulalia Township2,130 ft
  9. Hebron Township2,130 ft
  10. Hector Township2,120 ft
  11. Oswayo Township2,110 ft
  12. Homer Township2,080 ft
  13. Summit Township, Potter County2,040 ft
  14. Abbott Township2,030 ft
  15. Pleasant Valley Township2,020 ft
  16. Keating Township, Potter County2,020 ft
  17. Harrison Township, Potter County1,990 ft
  18. Sylvania Township1,940 ft
  19. Genesee Township1,880 ft
  20. Wharton Township, Potter County1,860 ft
  21. Pike Township, Potter County1,860 ft
  22. Sweden Valley1,800 ft
  23. Austin1,770 ft
  24. Sharon Township1,760 ft
  25. Oswayo1,720 ft
  26. Coudersport1,660 ft
  27. Genesee1,630 ft
  28. Stewardson Township1,610 ft
  29. Roulette Township1,550 ft
  30. Roulette1,540 ft
  31. Portage Township, Potter County1,510 ft
  32. Shinglehouse1,490 ft
  33. Galeton1,350 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 2,580 ft at 41.9057° N, 77.7029° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.