Herkimer, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Herkimer, New York, shaded from 370 ft on the east side to 1,630 ft on Schrader Hill
Elevation
1,630 ft 500 m1,320 ft 400 m1,160 ft 355 m840 ft 255 m520 ft 160 m370 ft 110 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

Herkimer sits at about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 120 m
most residents: 390–680 ft
Lowest
370 ft 110 m
on the east side
Highest
1,630 ft 500 m
on Schrader Hill
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside town boundaries

Herkimer spans about 1,260 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
400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Schrader Hill
1,630 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
370 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Herkimer
400 ft120 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Herkimer, New York, shaded from 370 ft on the east side to 1,630 ft on Schrader Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Herkimer County, New York, United States
Population
9,508 2024 est.
Land area
31.7 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
300 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0256° N, 74.9860° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Mohawk River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
13340 13350
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Town of Little Falls750 ft
  2. South Ilion710 ft
  3. East Herkimer490 ft
  4. East Frankfort480 ft
  5. Frankfort460 ft
  6. Ilion460 ft
  7. German Flatts450 ft
  8. Village of Frankfort430 ft
  9. Village of Mohawk420 ft
  10. Herkimer400 ft
  11. Village of Herkimer400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Ridge3,860 ft
  • Little Moose Mountain3,530 ft
  • Hamilton Mountain3,250 ft
  • Dug Mountain3,240 ft
  • Three Ponds Mountain3,010 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. All public domain.