Palatine, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palatine, New York, shaded from 290 ft on the southeast side to 1,030 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m840 ft 255 m750 ft 230 m560 ft 170 m380 ft 115 m290 ft 85 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
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

Palatine sits at about 450 ft (135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
450 ft 135 m
most residents: 350–830 ft
Lowest
290 ft 85 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the northeast side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside town boundaries

Palatine spans about 740 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
450 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
290 ft85 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.0 mi west to east through the middle of Palatine.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palatine, New York, shaded from 290 ft on the southeast side to 1,030 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Montgomery County, New York, United States
Population
3,226 2024 est.
Land area
41.1 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
79 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.9335° N, 74.5624° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Mohawk River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
13317 13339 13410 13428 13452
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ephratah1,020 ft
  2. Root860 ft
  3. Ames710 ft
  4. Canajoharie490 ft
  5. Minden470 ft
  6. Palatine450 ft
  7. Village of Canajoharie390 ft
  8. Palatine Bridge390 ft
  9. St. Johnsville360 ft
  10. Nelliston360 ft
  11. Fort Plain350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 ft
  • Hamilton Mountain3,250 ft
  • Three Ponds Mountain3,010 ft
  • Tenant Mountain2,767 ft
  • Smith Mountain2,670 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.