Somerset County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,210 ft 980 m2,670 ft 815 m2,400 ft 730 m1,850 ft 565 m1,310 ft 400 m1,040 ft 315 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
Somerset County averages about 2,200 ft (670 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,040 ft on the southeast side to 3,210 ft on Mount Davis.
Average elevation
2,200 ft 670 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,210 ft 980 m
on Mount Davis
Lowest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the southeast side
Somerset County spans about 2,170 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 | 2,200 ft670 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Mount Davis | 3,210 ft980 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 1,040 ft315 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
29 mi west to east through Somerset Township.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 72,134 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,075.0 sq mi + 6.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 67 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 79%, Atlantic Ocean 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Garrett County, MD2,470 ft
- Somerset County2,200 ft
- Cambria County1,940 ft
- Fayette County1,520 ft
- Bedford County1,460 ft
- Westmoreland County1,330 ft
- Allegany County, MD1,250 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvaniahighest of 66
- Counties in the United States555th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Davis3,210 ft
- Glade Mountain3,090 ft
- Ringer Hill2,980 ft
- Maust Hill2,970 ft
- Bald Knob, Somerset County2,930 ft
All 56 towns in Somerset County by typical elevation
- Seven Springs2,620 ft
- Greenville Township2,590 ft
- Ogle Township2,530 ft
- Larimer Township2,440 ft
- Stonycreek Township, Somerset County2,340 ft
- Indian Lake2,340 ft
- Elk Lick Township2,330 ft
- Brothersvalley Township2,320 ft
- Berlin2,310 ft
- Shade Township2,280 ft
- Allegheny Township, Somerset County2,270 ft
- Jefferson Township, Somerset County2,240 ft
- Shanksville2,230 ft
- Somerset Township2,220 ft
- Northampton Township, Somerset County2,220 ft
- Cairnbrook2,220 ft
- Central City2,190 ft
- Summit Township, Somerset County2,180 ft
- Black Township2,150 ft
- Somerset2,130 ft
- New Centerville2,130 ft
- Salisbury2,110 ft
- Friedens2,100 ft
- Lincoln Township2,100 ft
- Milford Township, Somerset County2,080 ft
- Middlecreek Township, Somerset County2,060 ft
- Paint Township2,030 ft
- Upper Turkeyfoot Township2,030 ft
- Addison2,030 ft
- Edie2,020 ft
- Stoystown2,010 ft
- Meyersdale2,000 ft
- Quemahoning Township1,980 ft
- Jenner Township1,940 ft
- Addison Township1,930 ft
- Garrett1,930 ft
- Jennerstown1,910 ft
- Boswell1,890 ft
- Acosta1,860 ft
- Rockwood1,850 ft
- Gray1,840 ft
- Jerome1,830 ft
- Lower Turkeyfoot Township1,810 ft
- Davidsville1,810 ft
- Casselman1,790 ft
- Southampton Township, Somerset County1,780 ft
- Conemaugh Township1,770 ft
- Windber1,740 ft
- Fairhope Township1,730 ft
- Hooversville1,710 ft
- Paint1,690 ft
- Benson1,600 ft
- New Baltimore1,430 ft
- Ursina1,370 ft
- Confluence1,330 ft
- Wellersburg1,300 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. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- 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.