Cairo, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cairo, New York, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 3,930 ft on Blackhead
Elevation
3,930 ft 1,200 m2,990 ft 910 m2,520 ft 765 m1,580 ft 480 m630 ft 195 m160 ft 50 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cairo sits at about 520 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
520 ft 160 m
most residents: 320–780 ft
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,930 ft 1,200 m
on Blackhead
Average
830 ft 255 m
all land inside town boundaries

Cairo spans about 3,770 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
520 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Blackhead
3,930 ft1,200 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
160 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cairo
380 ft115 m
Average of all land830 ft255 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cairo, New York, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 3,930 ft on Blackhead
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Greene County, New York, United States
Population
6,641 2024 est.
Land area
59.8 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
111 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2990° N, 73.9985° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 8
12058 12405 12413 12431 12451 12470 12473 12482
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Haines Falls1,970 ft
  2. Round Top780 ft
  3. Town of Greenville730 ft
  4. East Durham540 ft
  5. Palenville520 ft
  6. Cairo520 ft
  7. South Cairo260 ft
  8. Leeds210 ft
  9. Catskill170 ft
  10. Jefferson Heights170 ft
  11. Village of Catskill100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hunter Mountain4,028 ft
  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • Plateau Mountain3,830 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 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.