Washington Township, Northumberland County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,520 ft 465 m1,260 ft 385 m1,130 ft 345 m870 ft 265 m600 ft 185 m470 ft 145 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.
- Township area
- Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Washington Township, Northumberland County sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 610–860 ft
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the west side
Highest
1,520 ft 460 m
on the northeast side
Average
760 ft 235 m
all land inside township boundaries
Washington Township, Northumberland County spans about 1,050 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 | 740 ft225 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side | 1,520 ft460 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the west side | 470 ft145 m |
| Average of all land | 760 ft235 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.7 mi south to north through the middle of Washington Township, Northumberland County.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 761 2024 est.
- Land area
- 18.1 sq mi
- Density
- 42 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.7145° N, 76.7450° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 2
- 17823 17867
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Upper Mahanoy Township850 ft
- Trevorton830 ft
- Zerbe Township830 ft
- Lower Augusta Township750 ft
- Washington Township, Northumberland County740 ft
- Jordan Township, Northumberland County740 ft
- Jackson Township, Northumberland County700 ft
- Little Mahanoy Township660 ft
- Pillow540 ft
- Klingerstown520 ft
- Herndon450 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania2,265th highest of 3,545
- Towns in Northumberland County22nd highest of 50
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
- The Winehead2,363 ft
- Bear Mountain, Schuylkill County1,630 ft
- Hooflander Mountain1,160 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.