Shenandoah, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,110 ft on the southwest side to 1,530 ft at the foot of the Broad Mountain
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,420 ft 435 m1,370 ft 420 m1,270 ft 385 m1,160 ft 355 m1,110 ft 340 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

Shenandoah sits at about 1,280 ft (390 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,280 ft 390 m
most residents: 1,230–1,300 ft
Lowest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
at the foot of the Broad Mountain
Average
1,290 ft 395 m
all land inside borough limits

Shenandoah spans about 420 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
1,280 ft390 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, at the foot of the Broad Mountain
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
1,110 ft340 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shenandoah
1,300 ft395 m
Average of all land1,290 ft395 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,110 ft on the southwest side to 1,530 ft at the foot of the Broad Mountain
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
4,156 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,750 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8204° N, 76.2008° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
17976
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shenandoah Heights1,680 ft
  2. New Boston1,610 ft
  3. West Mahanoy Township1,600 ft
  4. Mahanoy Township1,550 ft
  5. Altamont1,530 ft
  6. Morea1,510 ft
  7. Frackville1,480 ft
  8. Shenandoah1,280 ft
  9. Union Township, Schuylkill County1,150 ft
  10. Ringtown1,130 ft
  11. Gilberton1,130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Locust Mountain, Schuylkill County1,870 ft
  • Green Mountain, Schuylkill County1,860 ft
  • Ashland Mountain1,740 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.