Gorham, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gorham, New York, shaded from 690 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on Harkness Hill
Elevation
1,170 ft 355 m1,050 ft 320 m990 ft 300 m870 ft 265 m750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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

Gorham sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 740–1,040 ft
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the west side
Highest
1,170 ft 355 m
on Harkness Hill
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside town boundaries

Gorham spans about 480 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
900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Harkness Hill
1,170 ft355 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
690 ft210 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gorham
890 ft270 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m
Nearest peak
Frost Hill, 7.5 mi west of the town boundaries (NGS survey)
2,270 ft692 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gorham, New York, shaded from 690 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on Harkness Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Ontario County, New York, United States
Population
4,087 2024 est.
Land area
48.8 sq mi + 4.3 sq mi water
Density
84 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7990° N, 77.1316° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Seneca River
ZIP codes 3
14424 14544 14561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Potter1,030 ft
  2. Hall920 ft
  3. Rushville910 ft
  4. Benton910 ft
  5. Gorham900 ft
  6. Seneca850 ft
  7. Hopewell810 ft
  8. Crystal Beach770 ft
  9. City of Canandaigua770 ft
  10. Town of Geneva560 ft
  11. Geneva510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Harkness Hill1,170 ft
  • Lazarus Hill1,090 ft
  • Lincoln Hill930 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.