Shirley Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shirley Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 520 ft on the northeast side to 2,280 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,280 ft 695 m1,840 ft 560 m1,620 ft 495 m1,180 ft 360 m740 ft 225 m520 ft 160 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shirley Township sits at about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
750 ft 230 m
most residents: 590–1,100 ft
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,280 ft 695 m
on the west side
Average
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside township boundaries

Shirley Township spans about 1,760 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
750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
2,280 ft695 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
520 ft160 m
Average of all land1,010 ft310 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through the middle of Shirley Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shirley Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 520 ft on the northeast side to 2,280 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,368 2024 est.
Land area
58.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
41 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.3372° N, 77.8776° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Juniata River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 3
17066 17243 17260
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Union Township, Huntingdon County1,260 ft
  2. Shirley Township750 ft
  3. Wayne Township, Mifflin County750 ft
  4. Cedar Crest710 ft
  5. Orbisonia640 ft
  6. Mount Union620 ft
  7. Allenport610 ft
  8. Mapleton610 ft
  9. Shirleysburg600 ft
  10. Kistler560 ft
  11. Newton Hamilton560 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Brush Mountain2,580 ft
  • Loop Mountain2,500 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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.