Columbia County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia County, New York, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 2,100 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,100 ft 640 m1,580 ft 480 m1,310 ft 400 m790 ft 240 m260 ft 80 m0 ft 0 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Columbia County averages about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the west side to 2,100 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
630 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,100 ft 640 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the west side

Columbia County spans about 2,100 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 land630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,100 ft640 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

20 mi west to east through Kinderhook.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia County, New York, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 2,100 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
60,299 2024 est.
Land area
634.7 sq mi + 13.5 sq mi water
Density
95 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 73%, New England 27%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Greene County1,440 ft
  2. Berkshire County, MA1,410 ft
  3. Ulster County1,140 ft
  4. Rensselaer County830 ft
  5. Columbia County630 ft
  6. Dutchess County550 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pinnacle Point1,950 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Columbia County1,830 ft
  • Mercer Mountain1,800 ft
  • Fog Hill1,780 ft
  • Beebe Hill, Columbia County1,750 ft
All 30 towns in Columbia County by typical elevation
  1. Austerlitz1,180 ft
  2. Canaan1,050 ft
  3. Hillsdale940 ft
  4. New Lebanon910 ft
  5. Copake Lake790 ft
  6. Copake670 ft
  7. Copake Falls650 ft
  8. Ancram640 ft
  9. Taghkanic630 ft
  10. Gallatin590 ft
  11. Taconic Shores550 ft
  12. Chatham470 ft
  13. Village of Chatham460 ft
  14. Philmont450 ft
  15. Ghent410 ft
  16. Claverack320 ft
  17. Niverville320 ft
  18. Kinderhook290 ft
  19. Valatie260 ft
  20. Village of Kinderhook250 ft
  21. Livingston250 ft
  22. Clermont220 ft
  23. Stuyvesant190 ft
  24. Claverack-Red Mills190 ft
  25. Germantown180 ft
  26. Lorenz Park170 ft
  27. Greenport160 ft
  28. Stottville160 ft
  29. Stockport150 ft
  30. Hudson110 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. 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, −3 ft at 42.3088° N, 73.7615° 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.