Orient, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orient, New York, shaded from sea level level on Orient Harbor to 120 ft on Browns Hills
Elevation
120 ft 35 m90 ft 27 m75 ft 23 m45 ft 14 m15 ft 5 m0 ft 0 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Orient sits at about 10 ft (3 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
10 ft 3 m
most residents: 2–50 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Orient Harbor
Highest
120 ft 37 m
on Browns Hills
Average
12 ft 4 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Orient spans about 120 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
10 ft3 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Browns Hills
120 ft37 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Orient Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orient
12 ft4 m
Average of all land12 ft4 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orient, New York, shaded from sea level level on Orient Harbor to 120 ft on Browns Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States
Population
999 2020 Census
Land area
5.1 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
195 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1390° N, 72.3034° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
11957
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Northwest Harbor61 ft
  2. East Marion31 ft
  3. Sag Harbor29 ft
  4. Shelter Island25 ft
  5. Dering Harbor25 ft
  6. Shelter Island Heights25 ft
  7. Southold18 ft
  8. North Haven18 ft
  9. Greenport West12 ft
  10. Village of Greenport10 ft
  11. Orient10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Prospect, Suffolk County127 ft
  • Browns Hills120 ft
  • Powder Hill120 ft
  • Whale Hill120 ft
  • North Hill, Suffolk County66 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 41.1610° N, 72.2326° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Orient is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.