Fulton County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,800 ft 855 m2,210 ft 675 m1,920 ft 585 m1,330 ft 405 m750 ft 225 m450 ft 140 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fulton County averages about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 450 ft on the south side to 2,800 ft on Pigeon Mountain.
Average elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,800 ft 855 m
on Pigeon Mountain
Lowest
450 ft 140 m
on the south side
Fulton County spans about 2,350 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 | 1,240 ft380 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Pigeon Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 2,800 ft855 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the south side | 450 ft140 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
18 mi south to north through Gloversville.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in New York, United States
- Population
- 52,073 2024 est.
- Land area
- 495.5 sq mi + 37.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 105 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform regions
- Appalachian Plateaus 65%, Adirondack 36%
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Hamilton County2,000 ft
- Herkimer County1,530 ft
- Fulton County1,240 ft
- Saratoga County730 ft
- Montgomery County730 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in New York23rd highest of 62
- Counties in the United States1,062nd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Pigeon Mountain2,800 ft
- Shaker Mountain, Fulton County2,510 ft
- Panther Mountain, Fulton County2,500 ft
- Pinnacle, Fulton County2,490 ft
- Bernhardt Mountain2,287 ft
All 17 towns in Fulton County by typical elevation
- Caroga1,500 ft
- Caroga Lake1,480 ft
- Bleecker1,450 ft
- Stratford1,240 ft
- Ephratah1,020 ft
- Oppenheim960 ft
- Town of Johnstown870 ft
- Broadalbin860 ft
- Gloversville850 ft
- Perth840 ft
- Village of Mayfield830 ft
- Mayfield830 ft
- Village of Broadalbin820 ft
- Dolgeville partly810 ft
- Northampton810 ft
- Village of Northville800 ft
- Johnstown690 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.
- 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.