West Hazleton, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,350 ft on the northwest side to 1,730 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,730 ft 530 m1,640 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,500 ft 455 m1,400 ft 425 m1,350 ft 415 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

West Hazleton sits at about 1,680 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,680 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,580–1,710 ft
Lowest
1,350 ft 415 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,730 ft 530 m
on the east side
Average
1,530 ft 465 m
all land inside borough limits

West Hazleton spans about 380 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
1,680 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
1,730 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
1,350 ft415 m
Town center
USGS map point for West Hazleton
1,700 ft515 m
Airport (HZL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi north of the borough limits
1,603 ft489 m
Average of all land1,530 ft465 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,350 ft on the northwest side to 1,730 ft on the east side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
5,231 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
3,313 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9587° N, 75.9960° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hazleton Regional (HZL) 1,603 ft
ZIP codes 1
18202
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tresckow1,770 ft
  2. Banks Township1,750 ft
  3. McAdoo1,750 ft
  4. Kelayres1,750 ft
  5. Hazleton1,690 ft
  6. West Hazleton1,680 ft
  7. Pardeesville1,680 ft
  8. Lattimer1,650 ft
  9. Harleigh1,650 ft
  10. Hazle Township1,630 ft
  11. Conyngham990 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Butler Mountain1,720 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain, Luzerne County1,680 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.