Hancock, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hancock, New York, shaded from 820 ft on the southeast side to 2,390 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
2,390 ft 725 m1,990 ft 610 m1,800 ft 550 m1,410 ft 430 m1,020 ft 310 m820 ft 250 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hancock sits at about 1,050 ft (320 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,050 ft 320 m
most residents: 920–1,800 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,390 ft 725 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hancock spans about 1,570 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
1,050 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
2,390 ft725 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hancock
920 ft280 m
Average of all land1,590 ft485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hancock, New York, shaded from 820 ft on the southeast side to 2,390 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Delaware County, New York, United States
Population
2,723 2024 est.
Land area
159.0 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
17 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9540° N, 75.2805° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 6
12760 12776 13756 13774 13783 13856
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Preston Township, PA1,820 ft
  2. Tompkins1,760 ft
  3. Starrucca, PA1,710 ft
  4. Scott Township, Wayne County, PA1,640 ft
  5. Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA1,470 ft
  6. Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, PA1,470 ft
  7. Manchester Township, Wayne County, PA1,420 ft
  8. Hancock1,050 ft
  9. Town of Deposit1,040 ft
  10. Deposit1,000 ft
  11. Village of Hancock970 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • North Dome3,608 ft
  • Bearpen Mountain3,590 ft
  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 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.