Wright Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wright Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,060 ft on the west side to 1,960 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,960 ft 595 m1,730 ft 530 m1,620 ft 495 m1,400 ft 425 m1,170 ft 360 m1,060 ft 325 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.
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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

Wright Township sits at about 1,380 ft (420 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,380 ft 420 m
most residents: 1,200–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the west side
Highest
1,960 ft 595 m
on the east side
Average
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside township boundaries

Wright Township spans about 900 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
1,380 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,960 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,060 ft325 m
Average of all land1,500 ft455 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.7 mi west to east through the middle of Wright Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wright Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,060 ft on the west side to 1,960 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
5,847 2024 est.
Land area
13.3 sq mi
Density
438 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1250° N, 75.9156° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
18707
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fairview Township, Luzerne County1,510 ft
  2. Mountain Top1,410 ft
  3. Wright Township1,380 ft
  4. Dennison Township1,300 ft
  5. Rice Township1,210 ft
  6. Nuangola1,180 ft
  7. Dorrance Township1,100 ft
  8. Beech Mountain Lakes1,090 ft
  9. Sugar Notch710 ft
  10. Warrior Run660 ft
  11. Ashley640 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Haystack Mountain1,860 ft
  • Little Nescopeck Mountain1,540 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.