Rockwood, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockwood, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,790 ft on the west side to 1,990 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,990 ft 605 m1,940 ft 590 m1,910 ft 585 m1,860 ft 570 m1,810 ft 555 m1,790 ft 545 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Rockwood sits at about 1,850 ft (565 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,850 ft 565 m
most residents: 1,810–1,950 ft
Lowest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the west side
Highest
1,990 ft 605 m
on the west side
Average
1,870 ft 570 m
all land inside borough limits

Rockwood spans about 200 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
1,850 ft565 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
1,990 ft605 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
1,790 ft545 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rockwood
1,820 ft555 m
Average of all land1,870 ft570 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockwood, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,790 ft on the west side to 1,990 ft on the west side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
820 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
2,455 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.9156° N, 79.1523° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Casselman River → Youghiogheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
15557
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Somerset Township2,220 ft
  2. Summit Township, Somerset County2,180 ft
  3. Black Township2,150 ft
  4. Somerset2,130 ft
  5. New Centerville2,130 ft
  6. Milford Township, Somerset County2,080 ft
  7. Middlecreek Township, Somerset County2,060 ft
  8. Upper Turkeyfoot Township2,030 ft
  9. Garrett1,930 ft
  10. Rockwood1,850 ft
  11. Casselman1,790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Loop Mountain2,500 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. All public domain.