East Rockaway, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of East Rockaway, New York, shaded from sea level level on Hewlett Bay to 26 ft on the west side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m4 ft 1 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

East Rockaway sits at about 10 ft (3 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
10 ft 3 m
most residents: 6–21 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Hewlett Bay
Highest
26 ft 8 m
on the west side
Average
12 ft 4 m
all land inside village limits

East Rockaway is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 26 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
10 ft3 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the west side
26 ft8 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Hewlett Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for East Rockaway
8 ft3 m
Airport (JFK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi west of the village limits
13 ft4 m
Average of all land12 ft4 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of East Rockaway, New York, shaded from sea level level on Hewlett Bay to 26 ft on the west side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Nassau County, New York, United States
Population
10,064 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
9,886 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6420° N, 73.6696° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
11518
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rockville Centre28 ft
  2. North Lynbrook27 ft
  3. Lynbrook21 ft
  4. Hewlett20 ft
  5. Hewlett Bay Park14 ft
  6. Hewlett Neck13 ft
  7. East Rockaway10 ft
  8. Oceanside10 ft
  9. Hewlett Harbor9 ft
  10. Woodmere9 ft
  11. Bay Park6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Harbor Hill, Nassau County370 ft
  • Mannetto Hills300 ft
  • Maspeth Plateau130 ft
  • Laurel Hill, Queens County110 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).
  • 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. All public domain.