Knox, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Knox, New York, shaded from 440 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,520 ft 465 m1,250 ft 380 m1,120 ft 340 m850 ft 260 m570 ft 175 m440 ft 135 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Knox sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,210 ft 370 m
most residents: 950–1,380 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,190 ft 365 m
all land inside town boundaries

Knox spans about 1,080 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
1,210 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,520 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
440 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Knox
1,230 ft375 m
Average of all land1,190 ft365 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Knox, New York, shaded from 440 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 ft on the southeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Albany County, New York, United States
Population
2,630 2024 est.
Land area
41.8 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
63 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6712° N, 74.1157° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Fox Creek → Mohawk River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
12009 12023 12053 12059 12186
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Berne1,360 ft
  2. Knox1,210 ft
  3. Wright1,140 ft
  4. Duanesburg1,010 ft
  5. Duane Lake900 ft
  6. Delanson850 ft
  7. Esperance720 ft
  8. Princetown620 ft
  9. Village of Esperance610 ft
  10. Altamont440 ft
  11. Voorheesville340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hunter Mountain4,028 ft
  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • West Kill Mountain3,890 ft
  • Bearpen Mountain3,590 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 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.