Franklin, Franklin County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,330 ft 1,015 m2,790 ft 850 m2,520 ft 765 m1,970 ft 600 m1,430 ft 435 m1,160 ft 355 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Franklin, Franklin County sits at about 1,710 ft (520 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,710 ft 520 m
most residents: 1,560–2,010 ft
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,328 ft 1,014 m
on Loon Lake Mountains
Average
1,740 ft 530 m
all land inside town boundaries
Franklin, Franklin County spans about 2,170 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,710 ft520 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, on Loon Lake Mountains | 3,328 ft1,014 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side | 1,160 ft355 m |
| Airport (SLK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.5 mi southwest of the town boundaries | 1,663 ft507 m |
| Average of all land | 1,740 ft530 m |
| Nearest peak Whiteface Mountain, 4.4 mi southeast of the town boundaries (NGS survey) | 4,866 ft1,483 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
14 mi south to north through the middle of Franklin, Franklin County.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Franklin County, New York, United States
- Population
- 1,143 2024 est.
- Land area
- 169.8 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 6.7 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.4767° N, 74.0458° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Adirondack
- Drains to
- Saranac River → Richelieu River → Canada
- Airport
- Adirondack Regional (SLK) 1,663 ft
- ZIP codes 4
- 12913 12981 12983 12989
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lake Placid1,810 ft
- North Elba1,780 ft
- Franklin, Franklin County1,710 ft
- Brighton, Franklin County1,660 ft
- St. Armand1,650 ft
- Paul Smiths1,640 ft
- Harrietstown1,620 ft
- Saranac Lake1,590 ft
- Redford1,160 ft
- Black Brook1,140 ft
- Wilmington1,090 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New York84th highest of 2,097
- Towns in Franklin Countyhighest of 28
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Loon Lake Mountains3,328 ft
- Debar Mountain3,270 ft
- Catamount Mountain3,170 ft
- Kate Mountain2,840 ft
- Duncan Mountain2,720 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.