Cortland West, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cortland West, New York, shaded from 1,130 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,520 ft 465 m1,420 ft 435 m1,370 ft 420 m1,280 ft 390 m1,180 ft 360 m1,130 ft 345 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cortland West sits at about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,230 ft 375 m
most residents: 1,190–1,430 ft
Lowest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cortland West spans about 390 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
1,230 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,520 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
1,130 ft345 m
Airport (ITH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
1,099 ft335 m
Average of all land1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.0 mi west to east through the middle of Cortland West.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cortland West, New York, shaded from 1,130 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cortland County, New York, United States
Population
1,286 2020 Census
Land area
5.2 sq mi
Density
249 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5910° N, 76.2214° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ithaca Tompkins International (ITH) 1,099 ft
ZIP codes 1
13045
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Virgil1,520 ft
  2. Summerhill1,510 ft
  3. Blodgett Mills1,240 ft
  4. Cortland West1,230 ft
  5. Cortlandville1,210 ft
  6. Munsons Corners1,180 ft
  7. McGraw1,170 ft
  8. Homer1,150 ft
  9. McLean1,130 ft
  10. Village of Homer1,130 ft
  11. Cortland1,130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • East Hill, Cortland County1,630 ft
  • Carr Hill, Cortland County1,590 ft
  • Cosmos Hill1,570 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Cortland West is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.