Hillsdale, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsdale, New York, shaded from 620 ft near the middle to 1,670 ft on White Hill
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,410 ft 430 m1,270 ft 390 m1,010 ft 310 m750 ft 230 m620 ft 190 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

Hillsdale sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 670–1,390 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
near the middle
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on White Hill
Average
990 ft 300 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hillsdale spans about 1,050 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on White Hill
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
620 ft190 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hillsdale
710 ft215 m
Average of all land990 ft300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsdale, New York, shaded from 620 ft near the middle to 1,670 ft on White Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Columbia County, New York, United States
Population
1,808 2024 est.
Land area
47.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
38 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1790° N, 73.5260° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
12521 12529
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Washington, MA1,660 ft
  2. Alford, MA950 ft
  3. Hillsdale940 ft
  4. Egremont, MA830 ft
  5. Copake Lake790 ft
  6. Great Barrington, MA780 ft
  7. Copake670 ft
  8. Copake Falls650 ft
  9. Taghkanic630 ft
  10. Taconic Shores550 ft
  11. Philmont450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hunter Mountain4,028 ft
  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • Plateau Mountain3,830 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Berlin Mountain2,800 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.