Ancram, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ancram, New York, shaded from 420 ft near the middle to 2,020 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,020 ft 615 m1,620 ft 495 m1,420 ft 430 m1,020 ft 310 m620 ft 190 m420 ft 130 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ancram sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 510–910 ft
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
near the middle
Highest
2,020 ft 615 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside town boundaries

Ancram spans about 1,600 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
640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
2,020 ft615 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
420 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ancram
530 ft160 m
Average of all land740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ancram, New York, shaded from 420 ft near the middle to 2,020 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Columbia County, New York, United States
Population
1,416 2024 est.
Land area
42.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
33 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0506° N, 73.6362° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Roeliff Jansen Kill → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
12502 12503 12516 12546 12567
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Washington, MA1,660 ft
  2. Copake Lake790 ft
  3. North East790 ft
  4. Millerton730 ft
  5. Copake670 ft
  6. Copake Falls650 ft
  7. Ancram640 ft
  8. Taghkanic630 ft
  9. Gallatin590 ft
  10. Taconic Shores550 ft
  11. Pine Plains480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • Plateau Mountain3,830 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.