Cold Spring, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cold Spring, New York, shaded from sea level level on Foundry Cove to 320 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
320 ft 100 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m120 ft 35 m40 ft 12 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cold Spring sits at about 88 ft (27 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
88 ft 27 m
most residents: 40–190 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Foundry Cove
Highest
320 ft 100 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
94 ft 29 m
all land inside village limits

Cold Spring spans about 320 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
88 ft27 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
320 ft100 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Foundry Cove
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cold Spring
110 ft35 m
Airport (SWF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.2 mi northwest of the village limits
491 ft150 m
Average of all land94 ft29 m
Nearest peak
South Beacon Mountain, 3.9 mi north of the village limits
1,600 ft485 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cold Spring, New York, shaded from sea level level on Foundry Cove to 320 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Village in Putnam County, New York, United States
Population
1,995 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
3,359 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4201° N, 73.9546° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
New York Stewart International (SWF) 491 ft
ZIP codes 1
10516
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Philipstown370 ft
  2. New Windsor340 ft
  3. Cornwall280 ft
  4. Vails Gate270 ft
  5. Firthcliffe260 ft
  6. West Point230 ft
  7. Nelsonville210 ft
  8. Highlands200 ft
  9. Highland Falls180 ft
  10. Cornwall-on-Hudson180 ft
  11. Cold Spring88 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village limits, 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 village limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 0 ft at 41.4146° N, 73.9607° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.