Monroe County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, New York, shaded from 240 ft on the northwest side to 1,030 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m830 ft 255 m730 ft 225 m540 ft 165 m340 ft 105 m240 ft 75 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Monroe County averages about 490 ft (150 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 240 ft on the northwest side to 1,030 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
490 ft 150 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
on the northwest side

Monroe County spans about 790 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land490 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
240 ft75 m

Elevation profile, south to north

47 mi south to north through Rochester.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, New York, shaded from 240 ft on the northwest side to 1,030 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
752,202 2024 est.
Land area
657.0 sq mi + 709.8 sq mi water
Density
1,145 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Livingston County1,060 ft
  2. Ontario County930 ft
  3. Genesee County850 ft
  4. Monroe County490 ft
  5. Orleans County480 ft
  6. Wayne County430 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Baker Hill, Monroe County924 ft
  • Turk Hill, Monroe County860 ft
  • Ryder Hill790 ft
  • Pinnacle Hill, Monroe County760 ft
  • Pinnacle Hill, Monroe County742 ft
All 34 towns in Monroe County by typical elevation
  1. Honeoye Falls670 ft
  2. Mendon660 ft
  3. Rush650 ft
  4. Riga590 ft
  5. Churchville590 ft
  6. Wheatland580 ft
  7. Ogden570 ft
  8. Scottsville570 ft
  9. Chili560 ft
  10. Spencerport560 ft
  11. Gates560 ft
  12. Henrietta560 ft
  13. North Gates540 ft
  14. Sweden540 ft
  15. Rochester Institute of Technology530 ft
  16. Brockport520 ft
  17. Perinton510 ft
  18. Pittsford500 ft
  19. Rochester500 ft
  20. Village of Pittsford500 ft
  21. Brighton490 ft
  22. Fairport490 ft
  23. Penfield480 ft
  24. Nazareth College450 ft
  25. Village of Webster450 ft
  26. St. John Fisher College440 ft
  27. East Rochester420 ft
  28. Irondequoit400 ft
  29. Clarkson390 ft
  30. Webster390 ft
  31. Greece370 ft
  32. Hamlin320 ft
  33. Parma290 ft
  34. Hilton280 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.