Upper Paxton Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Upper Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 1,340 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,340 ft 405 m1,090 ft 335 m970 ft 295 m730 ft 220 m480 ft 150 m360 ft 110 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Upper Paxton Township sits at about 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
540 ft 165 m
most residents: 430–620 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,340 ft 405 m
on the north side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside township boundaries

Upper Paxton Township spans about 980 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
540 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,340 ft405 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
360 ft110 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the middle of Upper Paxton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Upper Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 1,340 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
4,044 2024 est.
Land area
25.9 sq mi + 5.3 sq mi water
Density
156 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5535° N, 76.9352° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
17017 17061
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mifflin Township, Dauphin County680 ft
  2. Jackson Township, Dauphin County650 ft
  3. Elizabethville650 ft
  4. Liverpool Township630 ft
  5. Buffalo Township, Perry County610 ft
  6. Halifax Township550 ft
  7. Upper Paxton Township540 ft
  8. Millersburg440 ft
  9. Lenkerville430 ft
  10. Halifax420 ft
  11. Liverpool410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Buffalo Mountain, Perry County1,340 ft
  • Half Falls Mountain1,110 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.