Paul Smiths, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,690 ft 515 m1,670 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,640 ft 500 m1,630 ft 495 m1,620 ft 495 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Paul Smiths sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,640 ft 500 m

few residents

Lowest

1,620 ft 495 m

on the west side

Highest

1,690 ft 515 m

near the middle

Average

1,640 ft 500 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Paul Smiths spans about 70 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,640 ft500 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle	1,690 ft515 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side	1,620 ft495 m
Airport (SLK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.7 mi southeast of the CDP boundary	1,663 ft507 m
Average of all land	1,640 ft500 m
Nearest peak Saint Regis Mountain, 3.7 mi southwest of the CDP boundary	2,870 ft875 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the middle of Paul Smiths.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Franklin County, New York, United States
Population: 411 2020 Census
Land area: 0.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density: 1,599 per sq mi
Coordinates: 44.4350° N, 74.2472° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Adirondack
Drains to: Saint Regis River → Saint Lawrence River → Canada
Airport: Adirondack Regional (SLK) 1,663 ft
ZIP codes 1: 12970

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Lake Placid1,810 ft
Franklin, Franklin County1,710 ft
Brighton, Franklin County1,660 ft
St. Armand1,650 ft
Paul Smiths1,640 ft
Harrietstown1,620 ft
Santa Clara1,620 ft
Tupper Lake1,600 ft
Saranac Lake1,590 ft
Village of Tupper Lake1,580 ft
Duane1,530 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in New York103rd highest of 2,097
Towns in Franklin County3rd highest of 28

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Moose Mountain, Essex County3,890 ft
Loon Lake Mountains3,328 ft
Debar Mountain3,270 ft
Saint Regis Mountain2,870 ft
Kate Mountain2,840 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
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).
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.
Paul Smiths 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.