Durham, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Durham, New York, shaded from 380 ft on the southeast side to 3,520 ft on Windham High Peak
Elevation
3,520 ft 1,075 m2,730 ft 835 m2,340 ft 715 m1,560 ft 475 m770 ft 235 m380 ft 115 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Durham sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
most residents: 540–1,190 ft
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,520 ft 1,075 m
on Windham High Peak
Average
1,080 ft 330 m
all land inside town boundaries

Durham spans about 3,140 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
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Windham High Peak
3,520 ft1,075 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
380 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Durham
780 ft240 m
Average of all land1,080 ft330 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Durham, New York, shaded from 380 ft on the southeast side to 3,520 ft on Windham High Peak
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Greene County, New York, United States
Population
2,610 2024 est.
Land area
49.3 sq mi
Density
53 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3995° N, 74.1724° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Catskill Creek → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 10
12083 12120 12405 12413 12418 12422 12423 12431 12460 12469
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jewett1,890 ft
  2. Conesville1,830 ft
  3. Ashland, Greene County1,820 ft
  4. Windham1,810 ft
  5. Broome1,800 ft
  6. Rensselaerville1,220 ft
  7. Westerlo1,130 ft
  8. Preston-Potter Hollow1,030 ft
  9. Durham770 ft
  10. Town of Greenville730 ft
  11. East Durham540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hunter Mountain4,028 ft
  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • Plateau Mountain3,830 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 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.