Sylvania, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sylvania, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,230 ft on the east side to 1,680 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,680 ft 510 m1,560 ft 475 m1,510 ft 460 m1,400 ft 425 m1,290 ft 390 m1,230 ft 375 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Sylvania sits at about 1,320 ft (400 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,320 ft 400 m
most residents: 1,260–1,410 ft
Lowest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the east side
Highest
1,680 ft 510 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,370 ft 420 m
all land inside borough limits

Sylvania spans about 450 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
1,320 ft400 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,680 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
1,230 ft375 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sylvania
1,280 ft390 m
Average of all land1,370 ft420 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sylvania, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,230 ft on the east side to 1,680 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
211 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
189 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.8051° N, 76.8569° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
16947
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Armenia Township2,310 ft
  2. Ward Township2,160 ft
  3. Sullivan Township1,640 ft
  4. Springfield Township, Bradford County1,530 ft
  5. Columbia Township1,530 ft
  6. Mainesburg1,400 ft
  7. Roseville1,400 ft
  8. Alba1,350 ft
  9. Troy Township1,350 ft
  10. Sylvania1,320 ft
  11. Troy1,150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Armenia Mountain2,440 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Paine Hill1,680 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.