Hempstead, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hempstead, New York, shaded from sea level level on Jones Bay to 140 ft on the south side
Elevation
140 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m85 ft 26 m51 ft 16 m17 ft 5 m0 ft 0 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hempstead sits at about 38 ft (12 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
38 ft 12 m
most residents: 8–82 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Jones Bay
Highest
140 ft 40 m
on the south side
Average
37 ft 11 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hempstead spans about 140 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
38 ft12 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
140 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Jones Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hempstead
56 ft17 m
Airport (JFK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi southwest of the town boundaries
13 ft4 m
Average of all land37 ft11 m

Elevation profile, south to north

14 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hempstead, New York, shaded from sea level level on Jones Bay to 140 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Nassau County, New York, United States
Population
792,341 2024 est.
Land area
118.5 sq mi + 73.3 sq mi water
Density
6,686 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7062° N, 73.6187° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 13 ft
ZIP codes 37
37 ZIP codes11001 11003 11010 11040 11096 11509 11510 11516 11518 11520 11530 11549 11550 11552 11553 11554 11556 11557 11558 11559 11561 11563 11565 11566 11569 11570 11572 11575 11580 11581 11590 11598 11710 11714 11756 11783 11793
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Garden City85 ft
  2. Garden City South71 ft
  3. Uniondale63 ft
  4. Village of Hempstead62 ft
  5. Franklin Square57 ft
  6. West Hempstead55 ft
  7. South Hempstead45 ft
  8. Malverne Park Oaks41 ft
  9. Roosevelt40 ft
  10. Hempstead38 ft
  11. Lakeview33 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • West Hills390 ft
  • Harbor Hill, Nassau County370 ft
  • Mannetto Hills300 ft
  • Half Hollow Hills260 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 40.6412° N, 73.5146° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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. All public domain.