Schuylkill County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,660 ft 505 m1,450 ft 440 m1,020 ft 310 m600 ft 185 m390 ft 120 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Schuylkill County averages about 1,060 ft (325 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 390 ft on the southeast side to 2,083 ft on Bears Head.
Average elevation
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,083 ft 635 m
on Bears Head
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the southeast side
Schuylkill County spans about 1,690 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,060 ft325 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Bears Head (NGS survey height) | 2,083 ft635 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 390 ft120 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
29 mi south to north through Pottsville.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 144,523 2024 est.
- Land area
- 778.8 sq mi + 4.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 186 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Luzerne County1,270 ft
- Carbon County1,260 ft
- Schuylkill County1,060 ft
- Columbia County990 ft
- Northumberland County790 ft
- Dauphin County690 ft
- Lebanon County610 ft
- Lehigh County580 ft
- Berks County560 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvania43rd highest of 66
- Counties in the United States1,302nd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Bears Head2,083 ft
- Spring Mountain1,970 ft
- Locust Mountain, Schuylkill County1,870 ft
- Blue Head1,860 ft
- Green Mountain, Schuylkill County1,860 ft
All 111 towns in Schuylkill County by typical elevation
- Kline Township1,750 ft
- McAdoo1,750 ft
- Kelayres1,750 ft
- Oneida1,690 ft
- Shenandoah Heights1,680 ft
- Delano Township1,660 ft
- Delano1,660 ft
- East Union Township1,650 ft
- Sheppton1,640 ft
- Park Place1,610 ft
- New Boston1,610 ft
- West Mahanoy Township1,600 ft
- Mahanoy Township1,550 ft
- Ryan Township1,550 ft
- Altamont1,530 ft
- Morea1,510 ft
- Frackville1,480 ft
- Englewood1,470 ft
- Foster Township, Schuylkill County1,380 ft
- Buck Run1,320 ft
- Grier City1,280 ft
- Shenandoah1,280 ft
- Mahanoy City1,230 ft
- Park Crest1,200 ft
- Brandonville1,190 ft
- Rush Township, Schuylkill County1,160 ft
- Union Township, Schuylkill County1,150 ft
- Nuremberg1,140 ft
- Hometown1,130 ft
- North Union Township, Schuylkill County1,130 ft
- Ringtown1,130 ft
- Gilberton1,130 ft
- Butler Township, Schuylkill County1,100 ft
- Fountain Springs1,050 ft
- Locustdale partly1,050 ft
- Coaldale1,050 ft
- Walker Township, Schuylkill County1,030 ft
- Ashland1,020 ft
- Cass Township1,010 ft
- Tuscarora1,010 ft
- Lavelle1,000 ft
- Schuylkill Township, Schuylkill County990 ft
- Beurys Lake990 ft
- Heckscherville970 ft
- Tremont Township960 ft
- Reilly Township960 ft
- Newtown, Schuylkill County960 ft
- Girardville960 ft
- Eldred Township, Schuylkill County940 ft
- Forestville940 ft
- Barry Township930 ft
- Maryd930 ft
- Seltzer900 ft
- Frailey Township890 ft
- Donaldson880 ft
- New Castle Township880 ft
- West Penn Township880 ft
- Blythe Township870 ft
- Tamaqua870 ft
- Branch Township860 ft
- Muir840 ft
- Gordon840 ft
- Branchdale830 ft
- Norwegian Township830 ft
- Mechanicsville830 ft
- Reinerton820 ft
- Hegins820 ft
- Porter Township810 ft
- Renningers810 ft
- Hegins Township800 ft
- Lake Wynonah790 ft
- Wayne Township790 ft
- Tremont790 ft
- Brockton790 ft
- Tower City780 ft
- Orwin780 ft
- Pottsville780 ft
- Summit Station780 ft
- Valley View, Schuylkill County780 ft
- Llewellyn750 ft
- East Norwegian Township750 ft
- South Manheim Township750 ft
- North Manheim Township750 ft
- Middleport750 ft
- Minersville740 ft
- Upper Mahantongo Township740 ft
- Marlin740 ft
- St. Clair740 ft
- Hubley Township720 ft
- Washington Township, Schuylkill County720 ft
- East Brunswick Township720 ft
- New Philadelphia710 ft
- Friedensburg710 ft
- McKeansburg710 ft
- Cumbola690 ft
- Palo Alto670 ft
- Port Carbon670 ft
- Pine Grove Township660 ft
- Mount Carbon640 ft
- Orwigsburg630 ft
- West Brunswick Township620 ft
- Ravine580 ft
- Cressona570 ft
- New Ringgold570 ft
- Schuylkill Haven550 ft
- Landingville550 ft
- Klingerstown520 ft
- Pine Grove520 ft
- Deer Lake510 ft
- Auburn490 ft
- Port Clinton420 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 380 ft at 40.7171° N, 76.2115° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.