Sandy Lake, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,150 ft on the east side to 1,390 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,330 ft 405 m1,300 ft 395 m1,240 ft 380 m1,180 ft 360 m1,150 ft 350 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

Sandy Lake sits at about 1,200 ft (365 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,200 ft 365 m
most residents: 1,160–1,270 ft
Lowest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the east side
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside borough limits

Sandy Lake spans about 240 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
1,200 ft365 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
1,390 ft425 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
1,150 ft350 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sandy Lake
1,160 ft355 m
Average of all land1,200 ft365 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,150 ft on the east side to 1,390 ft on the northwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
630 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
757 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3487° N, 80.0823° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
16145
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Worth Township, Mercer County1,410 ft
  2. Mill Creek Township1,400 ft
  3. Sandy Lake Township1,390 ft
  4. New Lebanon1,380 ft
  5. Lake Township, Mercer County1,380 ft
  6. Mineral Township1,350 ft
  7. New Vernon Township1,310 ft
  8. Jackson Center1,300 ft
  9. Stoneboro1,250 ft
  10. Lake Latonka1,220 ft
  11. Sandy Lake1,200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round Knob, Crawford County1,620 ft
  • Eakin Hill1,460 ft
  • Summit Hill1,450 ft
  • Wheeler Hill1,360 ft
  • Big Bend Hill1,290 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.