Owego, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Owego, New York, shaded from 790 ft near the middle to 1,790 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,540 ft 470 m1,410 ft 430 m1,170 ft 355 m920 ft 280 m790 ft 240 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Owego sits at about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
980 ft 300 m
most residents: 810–1,360 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
near the middle
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the south side
Average
1,220 ft 370 m
all land inside town boundaries

Owego 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
980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Owego
820 ft250 m
Airport (CZG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.7 mi east of the town boundaries
833 ft254 m
Average of all land1,220 ft370 m

Elevation profile, south to north

11 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Owego, New York, shaded from 790 ft near the middle to 1,790 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Tioga County, New York, United States
Population
18,767 2024 est.
Land area
104.2 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
180 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1034° N, 76.2622° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Tri-Cities (CZG) 833 ft
ZIP codes 3
13732 13760 13827
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Windham Township, PA1,390 ft
  2. Newark Valley1,250 ft
  3. Crest View Heights1,040 ft
  4. Tioga1,030 ft
  5. Nichols1,010 ft
  6. Tioga Terrace1,010 ft
  7. Owego980 ft
  8. Village of Newark Valley970 ft
  9. Apalachin870 ft
  10. Village of Owego820 ft
  11. Village of Nichols790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Cafferty Hill1,610 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.