Rose Valley, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, shaded from 54 ft on the south side to 230 ft on the south side
Elevation
230 ft 70 m190 ft 55 m170 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m76 ft 23 m54 ft 16 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

Rose Valley sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 130–210 ft
Lowest
54 ft 16 m
on the south side
Highest
230 ft 70 m
on the south side
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside borough limits

Rose Valley spans about 176 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
230 ft70 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
54 ft16 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rose Valley
120 ft40 m
Airport (PHL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.4 mi east of the borough limits
36 ft11 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, shaded from 54 ft on the south side to 230 ft on the south side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,020 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,393 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8962° N, 75.3849° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Philadelphia International (PHL) 36 ft
ZIP codes 1
19086
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Media280 ft
  2. Middletown Township, Delaware County260 ft
  3. Rose Valley170 ft
  4. Village Green-Green Ridge160 ft
  5. Swarthmore130 ft
  6. Rutledge130 ft
  7. Nether Providence Township120 ft
  8. Brookhaven110 ft
  9. Parkside100 ft
  10. Woodlyn88 ft
  11. Upland65 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Joy420 ft
  • Hunting Hill410 ft
  • Osborne Hill380 ft
  • Georges Hill270 ft
  • Lemon Hill140 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. All public domain.