Slippery Rock, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,170 ft on the north side to 1,430 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,430 ft 435 m1,360 ft 415 m1,330 ft 405 m1,260 ft 385 m1,200 ft 365 m1,170 ft 355 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

Slippery Rock sits at about 1,350 ft (410 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,350 ft 410 m
most residents: 1,280–1,390 ft
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the north side
Highest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the east side
Average
1,300 ft 395 m
all land inside borough limits

Slippery Rock spans about 260 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
1,350 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the north side
1,170 ft355 m
Town center
USGS map point for Slippery Rock
1,300 ft395 m
Airport (29D)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.8 mi northwest of the borough limits
1,371 ft418 m
Average of all land1,300 ft395 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,170 ft on the north side to 1,430 ft on the east side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,558 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
2,163 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.0640° N, 80.0564° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Slippery Rock Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Grove City (29D) 1,371 ft
ZIP codes 1
16057
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Slippery Rock1,350 ft
  2. Mercer Township1,320 ft
  3. Slippery Rock University1,320 ft
  4. Harrisville1,310 ft
  5. Brady Township, Butler County1,300 ft
  6. Forestville, Butler County1,300 ft
  7. West Liberty1,280 ft
  8. Slippery Rock Township1,260 ft
  9. Liberty Township, Mercer County1,250 ft
  10. Plain Grove Township1,220 ft
  11. Worth Township1,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Eakin Knob1,570 ft
  • Eakin Hill1,460 ft
  • Pine Hill, Venango County1,450 ft
  • Summit Hill1,450 ft
  • Fridays Hill1,260 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.