Onondaga County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Onondaga County, New York, shaded from 350 ft on the north side to 2,030 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,030 ft 620 m1,610 ft 490 m1,400 ft 425 m980 ft 300 m560 ft 170 m350 ft 110 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Onondaga County averages about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 350 ft on the north side to 2,030 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
800 ft 245 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,030 ft 620 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
350 ft 110 m
on the north side

Onondaga County spans about 1,680 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 land800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,030 ft620 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
350 ft110 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through Syracuse.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Onondaga County, New York, shaded from 350 ft on the north side to 2,030 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
469,812 2024 est.
Land area
778.4 sq mi + 27.2 sq mi water
Density
604 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 57%, Central Lowland 43%
Drains to
Great Lakes 88%, Atlantic Ocean 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cortland County1,480 ft
  2. Madison County1,240 ft
  3. Onondaga County800 ft
  4. Cayuga County800 ft
  5. Oswego County580 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Fellows Hill2,010 ft
  • Ripley Hill1,980 ft
  • Jones Hill, Onondaga County1,960 ft
  • Arab Hill, Onondaga County1,940 ft
  • Gifford Hill, Onondaga County1,890 ft
All 47 towns in Onondaga County by typical elevation
  1. Otisco1,330 ft
  2. Fabius1,290 ft
  3. Village of Fabius1,270 ft
  4. Village of Tully1,240 ft
  5. Tully1,240 ft
  6. Spafford1,160 ft
  7. LaFayette1,090 ft
  8. Pompey1,020 ft
  9. Skaneateles920 ft
  10. Village of Skaneateles900 ft
  11. Onondaga870 ft
  12. Marcellus800 ft
  13. Village of Marcellus670 ft
  14. Village of Manlius600 ft
  15. Camillus550 ft
  16. Village of Elbridge550 ft
  17. Fayetteville540 ft
  18. Fairmount540 ft
  19. Manlius530 ft
  20. Elbridge520 ft
  21. Westvale520 ft
  22. Solvay510 ft
  23. Geddes510 ft
  24. DeWitt500 ft
  25. Syracuse490 ft
  26. Lyncourt450 ft
  27. Nedrow430 ft
  28. Village of Camillus430 ft
  29. Seneca Knolls430 ft
  30. Galeville430 ft
  31. East Syracuse430 ft
  32. Village Green430 ft
  33. Lakeland420 ft
  34. Lysander420 ft
  35. Radisson420 ft
  36. Jordan420 ft
  37. Van Buren410 ft
  38. Salina410 ft
  39. North Syracuse410 ft
  40. Minoa410 ft
  41. Liverpool410 ft
  42. Baldwinsville400 ft
  43. Mattydale400 ft
  44. Clay400 ft
  45. Brewerton400 ft
  46. Cicero400 ft
  47. Bridgeport390 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.