Westmoreland County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,980 ft 910 m2,420 ft 735 m2,130 ft 650 m1,570 ft 480 m1,010 ft 305 m730 ft 220 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Westmoreland County averages about 1,330 ft (405 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 720 ft on the southwest side to 2,980 ft on the south side.

Average elevation

1,330 ft 405 m

all land inside the county

Highest

2,980 ft 910 m

on the south side

Lowest

720 ft 220 m

on the southwest side

Westmoreland County spans about 2,260 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	1,330 ft405 m
Highest point Inside the county, on the south side	2,980 ft910 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side	720 ft220 m

Elevation profile, west to east

39 mi west to east through Hempfield Township.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 350,935 2024 est.
Land area: 1,027.7 sq mi + 8.2 sq mi water
Density: 341 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to: Gulf of America

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Somerset County2,200 ft
Cambria County1,940 ft
Fayette County1,520 ft
Indiana County1,430 ft
Westmoreland County1,330 ft
Butler County1,250 ft
Armstrong County1,220 ft
Washington County1,150 ft
Allegheny County1,060 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Pennsylvania25th highest of 66
Counties in the United States981st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Birch Rock Hill2,930 ft
Painter Rock Hill2,920 ft
Pea Vine Hill2,910 ft
Sugar Camp Hill2,910 ft
Mystery Hill2,880 ft

All 86 towns in Westmoreland County by typical elevation

Donegal1,840 ft
Donegal Township, Westmoreland County1,710 ft
Cook Township1,620 ft
Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County1,410 ft
Laurel Mountain1,400 ft
Ligonier Township1,390 ft
Delmont1,280 ft
Salem Township1,230 ft
Adamsburg1,210 ft
Washington Township, Westmoreland County1,200 ft
Bell Township1,200 ft
Derry1,200 ft
Unity Township1,200 ft
Ligonier1,190 ft
St. Clair Township1,190 ft
Slickville1,180 ft
Madison1,170 ft
Mammoth1,170 ft
Mount Pleasant1,160 ft
Hempfield Township1,160 ft
Mount Pleasant Township1,150 ft
Loyalhanna Township1,150 ft
East Huntingdon Township1,150 ft
Grapeville1,140 ft
Hostetter1,140 ft
Murrysville1,130 ft
Fellsburg1,130 ft
North Huntingdon Township1,120 ft
Penn Township1,120 ft
Allegheny Township1,120 ft
Derry Township, Westmoreland County1,120 ft
Upper Burrell Township1,120 ft
Greensburg1,120 ft
Seward1,120 ft
Millwood1,110 ft
Jeannette1,110 ft
Loyalhanna1,100 ft
St. Vincent College1,090 ft
Manor1,090 ft
Bradenville1,090 ft
New Florence1,080 ft
Scottdale1,080 ft
Norvelt1,080 ft
Rostraver Township1,080 ft
Southwest Greensburg1,080 ft
Lawson Heights1,070 ft
Wyano1,070 ft
South Huntingdon Township1,070 ft
Youngstown1,070 ft
Bolivar1,060 ft
South Greensburg1,050 ft
Level Green1,050 ft
Irwin1,050 ft
New Stanton1,050 ft
Export1,040 ft
Monessen1,040 ft
Arona1,040 ft
Sewickley Township1,030 ft
Calumet1,020 ft
Latrobe1,020 ft
Lower Burrell1,020 ft
Yukon1,020 ft
Youngwood1,010 ft
New Alexandria1,010 ft
Penn1,010 ft
Oklahoma1,010 ft
Harrison City1,000 ft
Crabtree1,000 ft
North Irwin990 ft
Hunker990 ft
Herminie980 ft
West Leechburg970 ft
Collinsburg960 ft
Vandergrift960 ft
Lynnwood-Pricedale940 ft
New Kensington940 ft
North Belle Vernon920 ft
Avonmore890 ft
Trafford890 ft
Sutersville880 ft
Arnold840 ft
Borough of Hyde Park820 ft
West Newton810 ft
East Vandergrift800 ft
Smithton800 ft
Webster790 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.