Bard College, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bard College, New York, shaded from sea level level on South Bay to 220 ft on the east side
Elevation
220 ft 70 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 40 m83 ft 25 m28 ft 8 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bard College sits at about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
160 ft 50 m
most residents: 77–200 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on South Bay
Highest
220 ft 70 m
on the east side
Average
140 ft 40 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bard College spans about 220 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
160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
220 ft70 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets South Bay
0 ft0 m
Airport (20N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.3 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
147 ft45 m
Average of all land140 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the middle of Bard College.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bard College, New York, shaded from sea level level on South Bay to 220 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Dutchess County, New York, United States
Population
358 2020 Census
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
447 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0243° N, 73.9087° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Kingston-Ulster (20N) 147 ft
ZIP codes 1
12504
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Upper Red Hook230 ft
  2. Village of Red Hook220 ft
  3. Red Hook210 ft
  4. Lake Katrine170 ft
  5. Saugerties160 ft
  6. Bard College160 ft
  7. Glasco150 ft
  8. Tivoli150 ft
  9. Saugerties South150 ft
  10. Village of Saugerties140 ft
  11. Barrytown69 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 CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Bard College is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.