Canandaigua, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canandaigua, New York, shaded from 640 ft on the northeast side to 1,760 ft on Johnson Hill
Elevation
1,760 ft 535 m1,480 ft 450 m1,340 ft 410 m1,060 ft 325 m780 ft 240 m640 ft 195 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
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

Canandaigua sits at about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
850 ft 260 m
most residents: 720–1,050 ft
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,760 ft 535 m
on Johnson Hill
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside town boundaries

Canandaigua spans about 1,120 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
850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Johnson Hill
1,760 ft535 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
640 ft195 m
Airport (IUA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
814 ft248 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

11 mi south to north through the middle of Canandaigua.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canandaigua, New York, shaded from 640 ft on the northeast side to 1,760 ft on Johnson Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Ontario County, New York, United States
Population
11,478 2024 est.
Land area
56.8 sq mi + 5.7 sq mi water
Density
202 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8697° N, 77.3044° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Seneca River
Airport
Canandaigua (IUA) 814 ft
ZIP codes 1
14424
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bristol1,180 ft
  2. Bloomfield950 ft
  3. East Bloomfield910 ft
  4. Canandaigua850 ft
  5. Hopewell810 ft
  6. Crystal Beach770 ft
  7. City of Canandaigua770 ft
  8. Farmington630 ft
  9. Shortsville620 ft
  10. Village of Manchester580 ft
  11. Manchester580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Stid Hill2,080 ft
  • Johnson Hill, Ontario County1,760 ft
  • Lincoln Hill930 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.