Albany County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Albany County, New York, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 2,170 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,170 ft 660 m1,620 ft 495 m1,350 ft 415 m810 ft 250 m270 ft 85 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Albany County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the northeast side to 2,170 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,170 ft 660 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the northeast side

Albany County spans about 2,170 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,170 ft660 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

22 mi west to east through Albany.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Albany County, New York, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 2,170 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
319,964 2024 est.
Land area
522.9 sq mi + 10.4 sq mi water
Density
612 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 62%, Valley and Ridge 38%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Schoharie County1,520 ft
  2. Greene County1,440 ft
  3. Rensselaer County830 ft
  4. Albany County790 ft
  5. Saratoga County730 ft
  6. Schenectady County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • North Hill, Albany County2,160 ft
  • Henry Hill2,150 ft
  • Cheese Hill2,120 ft
  • Garver Hill2,070 ft
  • Cook Hill, Albany County1,970 ft
All 24 towns in Albany County by typical elevation
  1. Berne1,360 ft
  2. Rensselaerville1,220 ft
  3. Knox1,210 ft
  4. Westerlo1,130 ft
  5. Preston-Potter Hollow1,030 ft
  6. Altamont440 ft
  7. New Scotland360 ft
  8. Voorheesville340 ft
  9. Loudonville320 ft
  10. Siena College310 ft
  11. Latham310 ft
  12. Village of Colonie310 ft
  13. Colonie300 ft
  14. Guilderland280 ft
  15. Roessleville270 ft
  16. Westmere260 ft
  17. Coeymans240 ft
  18. Albany220 ft
  19. Cohoes200 ft
  20. Bethlehem200 ft
  21. Ravena200 ft
  22. Menands160 ft
  23. Watervliet36 ft
  24. Green Island28 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.
  • 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, −35 ft at 42.7554° N, 73.7087° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.