Lake George, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake George, New York, shaded from 320 ft near the middle to 2,060 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,060 ft 630 m1,630 ft 495 m1,410 ft 430 m970 ft 295 m540 ft 165 m320 ft 95 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Lake George sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 360–870 ft
Lowest
320 ft 95 m
near the middle
Highest
2,060 ft 630 m
on the southwest side
Average
920 ft 280 m
all land inside town boundaries

Lake George spans about 1,740 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
2,060 ft630 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
320 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake George
350 ft105 m
Airport (GFL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi southeast of the town boundaries
328 ft100 m
Average of all land920 ft280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake George, New York, shaded from 320 ft near the middle to 2,060 ft on the southwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Warren County, New York, United States
Population
3,493 2024 est.
Land area
29.8 sq mi + 2.5 sq mi water
Density
117 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.4262° N, 73.7123° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Adirondack
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
Airport
Floyd Bennett Memorial (GFL) 328 ft
ZIP codes 2
12824 12845
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warrensburg750 ft
  2. Bolton700 ft
  3. Lake Luzerne680 ft
  4. Lake George500 ft
  5. Glens Falls North470 ft
  6. Bolton Landing450 ft
  7. Queensbury400 ft
  8. West Glens Falls390 ft
  9. Village of Lake George380 ft
  10. South Glens Falls340 ft
  11. Glens Falls340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Crane Mountain3,230 ft
  • Black Mountain2,650 ft
  • Black Spruce Mountain2,350 ft
  • Fivemile Mountain2,240 ft
  • Vanderburg Mountain1,920 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.