Beacon, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Beacon, New York, shaded from sea level level on Fishkill Creek Bay to 470 ft at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
Elevation
470 ft 140 m350 ft 105 m290 ft 90 m180 ft 55 m58 ft 18 m0 ft 0 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Beacon sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
150 ft 45 m
most residents: 120–200 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Fishkill Creek Bay
Highest
470 ft 140 m
at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside city limits

Beacon spans about 470 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
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
470 ft140 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Fishkill Creek Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Beacon
140 ft40 m
Airport (SWF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi west of the city limits
491 ft150 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m
Nearest peak
South Beacon Mountain, 0.9 mi southeast of the city limits
1,600 ft485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Beacon, New York, shaded from sea level level on Fishkill Creek Bay to 470 ft at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Dutchess County, New York, United States
Population
15,292 2024 est.
Land area
4.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
3,227 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5048° N, 73.9696° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
New York Stewart International (SWF) 491 ft
ZIP codes 1
12508
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Newburgh480 ft
  2. Gardnertown360 ft
  3. New Windsor340 ft
  4. Balmville310 ft
  5. Merritt Park260 ft
  6. Fishkill230 ft
  7. Village of Fishkill220 ft
  8. Nelsonville210 ft
  9. Cornwall-on-Hudson180 ft
  10. City of Newburgh170 ft
  11. Beacon150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, −1 ft at 41.4921° N, 73.9868° 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: 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.