Niagara Falls, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Niagara Falls, New York, shaded from 260 ft on the north side to 630 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
630 ft 195 m540 ft 165 m490 ft 150 m400 ft 120 m310 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Niagara Falls sits at about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
580 ft 175 m
most residents: 570–600 ft
Lowest
260 ft 80 m
on the north side
Highest
630 ft 195 m
on the northeast side
Average
580 ft 175 m
all land inside city limits

Niagara Falls spans about 370 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
580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
630 ft195 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
260 ft80 m
Town center
USGS map point for Niagara Falls
620 ft190 m
Airport (IAG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi east of the city limits
592 ft180 m
Average of all land580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Niagara Falls, New York, shaded from 260 ft on the north side to 630 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Niagara County, New York, United States
Population
47,512 2024 est.
Land area
14.1 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
3,374 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0945° N, 79.0567° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Niagara Falls International (IAG) 592 ft
ZIP codes 5
14301 14302 14303 14304 14305
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sanborn640 ft
  2. Niagara600 ft
  3. Niagara University600 ft
  4. Grandyle Village590 ft
  5. Grand Island590 ft
  6. Niagara Falls580 ft
  7. Wheatfield580 ft
  8. City of Tonawanda580 ft
  9. North Tonawanda580 ft
  10. Lewiston360 ft
  11. Village of Lewiston350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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 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.