Washington, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,290 ft 395 m1,240 ft 380 m1,140 ft 350 m1,040 ft 315 m990 ft 300 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Washington sits at about 1,110 ft (340 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,110 ft 340 m
most residents: 1,060–1,180 ft
Lowest
990 ft 300 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the east side
Average
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside city limits
Washington spans about 400 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,110 ft340 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 1,390 ft425 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 990 ft300 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Washington | 1,180 ft360 m |
| Airport (AFJ) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi southwest of the city limits | 1,184 ft361 m |
| Average of all land | 1,130 ft345 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 13,334 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Density
- 4,552 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.1740° N, 80.2462° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Washington County (AFJ) 1,184 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 15301
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Laboratory1,320 ft
- South Franklin Township1,220 ft
- South Strabane Township1,210 ft
- North Franklin Township1,180 ft
- Wolfdale1,170 ft
- East Washington1,170 ft
- Canton Township1,140 ft
- Washington1,110 ft
- Chartiers Township1,100 ft
- McGovern1,090 ft
- Meadowlands1,010 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania1,363rd highest of 3,545
- Towns in Washington County52nd highest of 103
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Wheeler1,512 ft
- Mosier Hill1,500 ft
- Garrett Hill1,400 ft
- Hannas Knob1,400 ft
- Cemetery Hill, Washington County1,330 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.