New York Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New York, shaded from sea level on the Atlantic Ocean to 5,343 ft on Mount Marcy
Elevation
5,340 ft 1,630 m4,010 ft 1,220 m3,340 ft 1,020 m2,000 ft 610 m670 ft 205 m0 ft 0 m
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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).
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A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
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Elevation Data

New York averages about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Atlantic Ocean to 5,343 ft on Mount Marcy.

Average elevation
1,130 ft 345 m
all land in New York
Highest
5,343 ft 1,629 m
on Mount Marcy
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean

New York spans about 5,340 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,130 ft345 m
Highest point
In New York, on Mount Marcy (NGS survey height)
5,343 ft1,629 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

310 mi south to north through New York.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New York, shaded from sea level on the Atlantic Ocean to 5,343 ft on Mount Marcy
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
State in the Middle Atlantic division of the Northeast region, United States
Population
19,867,248 2024 est.
Land area
47,123.5 sq mi + 7,435.0 sq mi water
Density
422 per sq mi
Counties
62
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 44%, Adirondack 20%, Central Lowland 15%
Drains to
Great Lakes 38%, Atlantic Ocean 38%, Canada 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Pennsylvania1,260 ft
  2. Vermont1,250 ft
  3. New York1,130 ft
  4. Massachusetts550 ft
  5. Connecticut470 ft
  6. Rhode Island250 ft
  7. New Jersey230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States25th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Marcy5,343 ft
  • MacIntyre Mountains5,110 ft
  • Whiteface Mountain4,866 ft
  • Dix Mountain4,850 ft
  • Giant Mountain4,620 ft
All 62 counties by average elevation
  1. Hamilton County2,000 ft
  2. Delaware County1,840 ft
  3. Allegany County1,840 ft
  4. Cattaraugus County1,720 ft
  5. Essex County1,640 ft
  6. Steuben County1,620 ft
  7. Otsego County1,560 ft
  8. Herkimer County1,530 ft
  9. Schoharie County1,520 ft
  10. Wyoming County1,500 ft
  11. Cortland County1,480 ft
  12. Chenango County1,450 ft
  13. Greene County1,440 ft
  14. Sullivan County1,420 ft
  15. Chautauqua County1,400 ft
  16. Franklin County1,390 ft
  17. Schuyler County1,350 ft
  18. Broome County1,330 ft
  19. Warren County1,320 ft
  20. Chemung County1,310 ft
  21. Lewis County1,300 ft
  22. Tioga County1,260 ft
  23. Fulton County1,240 ft
  24. Madison County1,240 ft
  25. Tompkins County1,240 ft
  26. Ulster County1,140 ft
  27. Yates County1,120 ft
  28. Livingston County1,060 ft
  29. Clinton County970 ft
  30. Erie County940 ft
  31. Ontario County930 ft
  32. Oneida County920 ft
  33. Genesee County850 ft
  34. Rensselaer County830 ft
  35. St. Lawrence County810 ft
  36. Onondaga County800 ft
  37. Cayuga County800 ft
  38. Albany County790 ft
  39. Saratoga County730 ft
  40. Montgomery County730 ft
  41. Schenectady County720 ft
  42. Seneca County670 ft
  43. Putnam County660 ft
  44. Orange County630 ft
  45. Columbia County630 ft
  46. Washington County600 ft
  47. Oswego County580 ft
  48. Dutchess County550 ft
  49. Jefferson County550 ft
  50. Monroe County490 ft
  51. Orleans County480 ft
  52. Niagara County460 ft
  53. Rockland County460 ft
  54. Wayne County430 ft
  55. Westchester County360 ft
  56. Nassau County89 ft
  57. Suffolk County73 ft
  58. Richmond County70 ft
  59. Bronx County62 ft
  60. Queens County50 ft
  61. New York County48 ft
  62. Kings County36 ft
All 11 tribal lands by average elevation
  1. Oil Springs Reservation1,750 ft
  2. Allegany Reservation1,480 ft
  3. Oneida Indian Nation Reservation780 ft
  4. Onondaga Nation Reservation740 ft
  5. Cattaraugus Reservation730 ft
  6. Cayuga Nation TDSA680 ft
  7. Tonawanda Reservation660 ft
  8. Tuscarora Nation Reservation620 ft
  9. St. Regis Mohawk Reservation180 ft
  10. Poospatuck (state) Reservation16 ft
  11. Shinnecock (state) Reservation11 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 8 arc-second (≈810 ft, 247 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −320 ft at 41.1774° N, 73.9551° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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.