Jay, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jay, New York, shaded from 490 ft on the northeast side to 3,390 ft on Jay Mountain
Elevation
3,390 ft 1,030 m2,660 ft 810 m2,300 ft 700 m1,570 ft 480 m850 ft 260 m490 ft 150 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
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

Jay sits at about 920 ft (280 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
920 ft 280 m
most residents: 560–1,130 ft
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,390 ft 1,030 m
on Jay Mountain
Average
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside town boundaries

Jay spans about 2,900 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
920 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Jay Mountain
3,390 ft1,030 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
490 ft150 m
Town center
USGS map point for Jay
700 ft210 m
Average of all land1,260 ft385 m
Nearest peak
Whiteface Mountain, 6.0 mi west of the town boundaries (NGS survey)
4,866 ft1,483 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jay, New York, shaded from 490 ft on the northeast side to 3,390 ft on Jay Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Essex County, New York, United States
Population
2,493 2024 est.
Land area
67.7 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
37 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3750° N, 73.7282° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Adirondack
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
ZIP codes 3
12912 12941 12987
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Placid1,810 ft
  2. North Elba1,780 ft
  3. Keene1,310 ft
  4. Black Brook1,140 ft
  5. Wilmington1,090 ft
  6. Jay920 ft
  7. Au Sable Forks770 ft
  8. Lewis670 ft
  9. Elizabethtown630 ft
  10. Au Sable510 ft
  11. Keeseville510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Whiteface Mountain4,866 ft
  • Giant Mountain4,620 ft
  • Kilburn Mountain3,880 ft
  • Hurricane Mountain3,690 ft
  • Old Rang Mountain2,280 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.