Firthcliffe, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Firthcliffe, New York, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 620 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
630 ft 190 m470 ft 145 m390 ft 120 m230 ft 70 m78 ft 24 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Firthcliffe sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 200–300 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the northeast side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
230 ft 70 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Firthcliffe spans about 620 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
620 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Firthcliffe
300 ft90 m
Airport (SWF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.6 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
491 ft150 m
Average of all land230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Firthcliffe, New York, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 620 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States
Population
5,022 2020 Census
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
1,691 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4393° N, 74.0451° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
New York Stewart International (SWF) 491 ft
ZIP codes 1
12518
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Beaver Dam Lake380 ft
  2. New Windsor340 ft
  3. Salisbury Mills330 ft
  4. Cornwall280 ft
  5. Vails Gate270 ft
  6. Firthcliffe260 ft
  7. West Point230 ft
  8. Nelsonville210 ft
  9. Cornwall-on-Hudson180 ft
  10. City of Newburgh170 ft
  11. Cold Spring88 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 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).
  • 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, 0 ft at 41.4546° N, 74.0193° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Firthcliffe 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.