Dutchess County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,310 ft 705 m1,730 ft 530 m1,440 ft 440 m870 ft 265 m290 ft 90 m0 ft 0 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dutchess County averages about 550 ft (170 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Fishkill Creek Bay to 2,310 ft on Brace Mountain.

Average elevation

550 ft 170 m

all land inside the county

Highest

2,310 ft 705 m

on Brace Mountain

Lowest

0 ft 0 m

at sea level on Fishkill Creek Bay

Dutchess County spans about 2,310 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.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	550 ft170 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Brace Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	2,310 ft705 m
Lowest point Where the land meets Fishkill Creek Bay	0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

22 mi west to east through Poughkeepsie.

Topographic Map

Location: County in New York, United States
Population: 299,963 2024 est.
Land area: 795.6 sq mi + 29.7 sq mi water
Density: 377 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions: Valley and Ridge 61%, New England 39%
Drains to: Atlantic Ocean 71%, Long Island Sound 29%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Berkshire County, MA1,410 ft
Ulster County1,140 ft
Litchfield County, CT920 ft
Putnam County660 ft
Orange County630 ft
Columbia County630 ft
Dutchess County550 ft
Fairfield County, CT380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in New York48th highest of 62
Counties in the United States2,268th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Brace Mountain2,310 ft
South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
North Beacon Mountain1,510 ft
Bald Hill, Dutchess County1,500 ft
Lambs Hill1,480 ft

All 59 towns in Dutchess County by typical elevation

Shorehaven830 ft
North East790 ft
Millerton730 ft
Union Vale690 ft
Pawling650 ft
Washington630 ft
Stanford630 ft
Millbrook610 ft
Amenia570 ft
Milan570 ft
Beekman490 ft
Village of Pawling490 ft
Pine Plains480 ft
Wassaic470 ft
Wingdale460 ft
Dover460 ft
Clinton420 ft
LaGrange390 ft
Dover Plains380 ft
Chelsea Cove330 ft
Hillside Lake330 ft
Freedom Plains320 ft
East Fishkill310 ft
Pleasant Valley300 ft
Brinckerhoff290 ft
Myers Corner290 ft
Salt Point260 ft
Merritt Park260 ft
Hopewell Junction250 ft
Fairview240 ft
Hyde Park240 ft
Fishkill230 ft
Haviland230 ft
Upper Red Hook230 ft
Wappinger220 ft
Village of Fishkill220 ft
Village of Red Hook220 ft
Red Hook210 ft
MacDonnell Heights210 ft
Rhinebeck200 ft
Village of Rhinebeck200 ft
New Hackensack200 ft
Titusville190 ft
Arlington180 ft
Poughkeepsie180 ft
Spackenkill170 ft
City of Poughkeepsie170 ft
Red Oaks Mill170 ft
Vassar College170 ft
Bard College160 ft
Beacon150 ft
Tivoli150 ft
Crown Heights140 ft
Wappingers Falls140 ft
New Hamburg130 ft
Rhinecliff100 ft
Marist College96 ft
Staatsburg79 ft
Barrytown69 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, −270 ft at 41.6346° N, 73.9407° 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: 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.