Ridgway, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,360 ft on the west side to 1,810 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,810 ft 550 m1,700 ft 515 m1,640 ft 500 m1,530 ft 465 m1,410 ft 430 m1,360 ft 415 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

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

Typical elevation
1,440 ft 440 m
most residents: 1,380–1,710 ft
Lowest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the west side
Highest
1,810 ft 550 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,530 ft 465 m
all land inside borough limits

Ridgway spans about 450 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
1,440 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,810 ft550 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
1,360 ft415 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ridgway
1,420 ft435 m
Average of all land1,530 ft465 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,360 ft on the west side to 1,810 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,930 2024 est.
Land area
2.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,505 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4203° N, 78.7286° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Clarion River → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
15853
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kersey1,940 ft
  2. Fox Township1,940 ft
  3. St. Marys1,750 ft
  4. Jones Township1,750 ft
  5. Ridgway Township1,680 ft
  6. Snyder Township, Jefferson County1,640 ft
  7. Spring Creek Township, Elk County1,640 ft
  8. Horton Township1,610 ft
  9. Wilcox1,550 ft
  10. Johnsonburg1,520 ft
  11. Ridgway1,440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Hill, Elk County2,310 ft
  • Devils Den, Elk County2,170 ft
  • Pistner Hill2,073 ft
  • Rattlesnake Hill, Elk County1,980 ft
  • Dill Hill1,930 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.