Palmyra, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palmyra, New York, shaded from 410 ft on the east side to 700 ft on the east side
Elevation
700 ft 210 m620 ft 190 m590 ft 180 m520 ft 160 m450 ft 135 m410 ft 125 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Palmyra sits at about 480 ft (145 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
480 ft 145 m
most residents: 450–570 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the east side
Highest
700 ft 210 m
on the east side
Average
490 ft 150 m
all land inside town boundaries

Palmyra spans about 290 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
480 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
700 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Palmyra
480 ft145 m
Average of all land490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palmyra, New York, shaded from 410 ft on the east side to 700 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Wayne County, New York, United States
Population
7,317 2024 est.
Land area
33.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
219 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0640° N, 77.2333° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Seneca River
ZIP codes 3
14505 14513 14522
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Village of Manchester580 ft
  2. Manchester580 ft
  3. Macedon510 ft
  4. Gananda510 ft
  5. Walworth500 ft
  6. Port Gibson490 ft
  7. Marion480 ft
  8. Palmyra480 ft
  9. Village of Palmyra480 ft
  10. Arcadia470 ft
  11. Newark460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Bear Hill, Wayne County630 ft
  • Beals Hill570 ft
  • Bowes Hill500 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.