Sandy Ridge, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,990 ft 605 m1,940 ft 590 m1,920 ft 585 m1,870 ft 570 m1,830 ft 555 m1,800 ft 550 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sandy Ridge sits at about 1,860 ft (570 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,860 ft 570 m

most residents: 1,850–1,910 ft

Lowest

1,800 ft 550 m

on the south side

Highest

1,990 ft 605 m

on the southeast side

Average

1,890 ft 575 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Sandy Ridge spans about 190 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,860 ft570 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side	1,990 ft605 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side	1,800 ft550 m
Town center USGS map point for Sandy Ridge	1,850 ft565 m
Airport (PSB) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.5 mi northeast of the CDP boundary	1,948 ft594 m
Average of all land	1,890 ft575 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 296 2020 Census
Land area: 0.5 sq mi
Density: 593 per sq mi
Coordinates: 40.8148° N, 78.2356° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to: West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport: Mid-State (PSB) 1,948 ft
ZIP codes 1: 16677

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Sandy Ridge1,860 ft
Woodward Township1,670 ft
Brisbin1,590 ft
Rush Township1,590 ft
Houtzdale1,570 ft
Decatur Township1,550 ft
Osceola Mills1,520 ft
Chester Hill1,480 ft
Taylor Township, Centre County1,460 ft
South Philipsburg1,460 ft
Philipsburg1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Pennsylvania146th highest of 3,545
Towns in Centre Countyhighest of 78

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Brush Mountain2,580 ft
Loop Mountain2,500 ft
Rays Hill2,440 ft
Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
The Winehead2,363 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
Sandy Ridge is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.