Charleston, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charleston, New York, shaded from 400 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,450 ft 440 m1,180 ft 360 m1,050 ft 320 m790 ft 240 m530 ft 160 m400 ft 120 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.
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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

Charleston sits at about 1,140 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,140 ft 345 m
most residents: 980–1,270 ft
Lowest
400 ft 120 m
on the east side
Highest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the south side
Average
1,100 ft 335 m
all land inside town boundaries

Charleston spans about 1,050 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
1,140 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,450 ft440 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
400 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Charleston
1,130 ft345 m
Average of all land1,100 ft335 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charleston, New York, shaded from 400 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Montgomery County, New York, United States
Population
1,346 2024 est.
Land area
42.0 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
32 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8459° N, 74.3412° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Mohawk River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
12010 12066 12072 12160 12166
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carlisle1,240 ft
  2. Charleston1,140 ft
  3. Root860 ft
  4. Esperance720 ft
  5. Village of Esperance610 ft
  6. Town of Florida580 ft
  7. Glen490 ft
  8. Mohawk440 ft
  9. Tribes Hill430 ft
  10. Fonda350 ft
  11. Fultonville300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • Bearpen Mountain3,590 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 ft
  • Three Ponds Mountain3,010 ft
  • Tenant Mountain2,767 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.