Clinton County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clinton County, New York, shaded from 93 ft on the east side to 3,830 ft on Lyon Mountain
Elevation
3,830 ft 1,170 m2,900 ft 885 m2,430 ft 740 m1,500 ft 455 m560 ft 170 m93 ft 28 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Clinton County averages about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 93 ft on the east side to 3,830 ft on Lyon Mountain.

Average elevation
970 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,830 ft 1,170 m
on Lyon Mountain
Lowest
93 ft 28 m
on the east side

Clinton County spans about 3,737 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Lyon Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,830 ft1,170 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
93 ft28 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Plattsburgh.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clinton County, New York, shaded from 93 ft on the east side to 3,830 ft on Lyon Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
77,871 2024 est.
Land area
1,037.8 sq mi + 79.8 sq mi water
Density
75 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Adirondack 52%, St. Lawrence Valley 47%
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Essex County1,640 ft
  2. Franklin County1,390 ft
  3. Clinton County970 ft
  4. Chittenden County, VT760 ft
  5. Grand Isle County, VT140 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Lyon Mountain3,830 ft
  • Averill Peak3,800 ft
  • Catamount Mountain3,170 ft
  • Duncan Mountain2,720 ft
  • Ellenburg Mountain2,710 ft
All 28 towns in Clinton County by typical elevation
  1. Lyon Mountain1,860 ft
  2. Village of Dannemora1,450 ft
  3. Dannemora1,450 ft
  4. Ellenburg1,310 ft
  5. Clinton, Clinton County1,180 ft
  6. Saranac1,170 ft
  7. Redford1,160 ft
  8. Black Brook1,140 ft
  9. Cadyville770 ft
  10. Au Sable Forks770 ft
  11. Altona690 ft
  12. Au Sable510 ft
  13. Keeseville510 ft
  14. Schuyler Falls430 ft
  15. Morrisonville380 ft
  16. Peru350 ft
  17. Mooers340 ft
  18. Town of Plattsburgh320 ft
  19. Plattsburgh West320 ft
  20. Beekmantown310 ft
  21. West Chazy290 ft
  22. Chazy200 ft
  23. Parc180 ft
  24. Plattsburgh160 ft
  25. Village of Champlain150 ft
  26. Cumberland Head140 ft
  27. Champlain130 ft
  28. Rouses Point120 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 87 ft at 44.7129° N, 73.4793° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.