North Greenbush, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Greenbush, New York, shaded from 4 ft on the west side to 680 ft near the middle
Elevation
680 ft 210 m510 ft 155 m430 ft 130 m260 ft 80 m89 ft 27 m4 ft 1 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
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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

North Greenbush sits at about 390 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
390 ft 120 m
most residents: 280–530 ft
Lowest
4 ft 1 m
on the west side
Highest
680 ft 210 m
near the middle
Average
400 ft 125 m
all land inside town boundaries

North Greenbush spans about 676 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
390 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
680 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
4 ft1 m
Airport (ALB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi northwest of the town boundaries
285 ft87 m
Average of all land400 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the middle of North Greenbush.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Greenbush, New York, shaded from 4 ft on the west side to 680 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States
Population
13,457 2024 est.
Land area
18.5 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
726 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6715° N, 73.6599° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Albany International (ALB) 285 ft
ZIP codes 3
12144 12180 12198
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Sand Lake590 ft
  2. Poestenkill580 ft
  3. North Greenbush390 ft
  4. Wynantskill390 ft
  5. Hampton Manor220 ft
  6. Albany220 ft
  7. Troy170 ft
  8. Menands160 ft
  9. Rensselaer140 ft
  10. Watervliet36 ft
  11. Green Island28 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hunter Mountain4,028 ft
  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 ft
  • Berlin Mountain2,800 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.