Colchester, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Colchester, New York, shaded from 1,040 ft on the west side to 2,940 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,940 ft 895 m2,460 ft 750 m2,220 ft 680 m1,750 ft 535 m1,270 ft 390 m1,040 ft 315 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Colchester sits at about 1,610 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,610 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,110–2,220 ft
Lowest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the west side
Highest
2,940 ft 895 m
on the east side
Average
1,880 ft 575 m
all land inside town boundaries

Colchester spans about 1,900 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
1,610 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
2,940 ft895 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,040 ft315 m
Average of all land1,880 ft575 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the middle of Colchester.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Colchester, New York, shaded from 1,040 ft on the west side to 2,940 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Delaware County, New York, United States
Population
1,764 2024 est.
Land area
136.8 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
Density
13 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0438° N, 74.9766° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
East Branch Delaware River → Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
12758 12776 13752 13755 13782
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Andes1,990 ft
  2. Hamden1,810 ft
  3. Colchester1,610 ft
  4. Fremont1,560 ft
  5. Rockland1,550 ft
  6. Callicoon1,510 ft
  7. Livingston Manor1,460 ft
  8. Roscoe1,290 ft
  9. Walton1,270 ft
  10. Village of Walton1,230 ft
  11. Downsville1,150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • West Kill Mountain3,890 ft
  • North Dome3,608 ft
  • Bearpen Mountain3,590 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 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.