Onondaga, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Onondaga, New York, shaded from 420 ft on the east side to 1,420 ft on Miller Hill
Elevation
1,420 ft 435 m1,170 ft 355 m1,040 ft 320 m790 ft 240 m540 ft 165 m420 ft 125 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

Onondaga sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 500–1,020 ft
Lowest
420 ft 125 m
on the east side
Highest
1,420 ft 435 m
on Miller Hill
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside town boundaries

Onondaga spans about 1,000 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
870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Miller Hill
1,420 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
420 ft125 m
Airport (SYR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi northeast of the town boundaries
421 ft128 m
Average of all land900 ft275 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.9 mi south to north through the middle of Onondaga.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Onondaga, New York, shaded from 420 ft on the east side to 1,420 ft on Miller Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Onondaga County, New York, United States
Population
22,521 2024 est.
Land area
57.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
391 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.9933° N, 76.1946° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Airport
Syracuse Hancock International (SYR) 421 ft
ZIP codes 9
13031 13078 13084 13108 13110 13120 13205 13215 13219
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Onondaga870 ft
  2. Camillus550 ft
  3. Fairmount540 ft
  4. Westvale520 ft
  5. Solvay510 ft
  6. Geddes510 ft
  7. Syracuse490 ft
  8. Lyncourt450 ft
  9. Nedrow430 ft
  10. Village of Camillus430 ft
  11. Galeville430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Miller Hill, Onondaga County1,420 ft
  • Howlet Hill1,133 ft
  • Smith Hill, Onondaga County780 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 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.