Pawling, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pawling, New York, shaded from 420 ft on the north side to 1,331 ft on Observatory Hill
Elevation
1,330 ft 405 m1,100 ft 335 m990 ft 300 m760 ft 230 m530 ft 160 m420 ft 130 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
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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

Pawling sits at about 650 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
650 ft 200 m
most residents: 470–940 ft
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the north side
Highest
1,331 ft 406 m
on Observatory Hill
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside town boundaries

Pawling spans about 910 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
650 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Observatory Hill
1,331 ft406 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
420 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pawling
470 ft140 m
Airport (N69)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.3 mi west of the town boundaries
358 ft109 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pawling, New York, shaded from 420 ft on the north side to 1,331 ft on Observatory Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Dutchess County, New York, United States
Population
8,143 2024 est.
Land area
44.0 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
185 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5620° N, 73.6026° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Housatonic River → Long Island Sound
Airport
Stormville (N69) 358 ft
ZIP codes 2
12531 12564
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shorehaven830 ft
  2. Kent760 ft
  3. Lake Carmel680 ft
  4. Pawling650 ft
  5. Patterson620 ft
  6. Putnam Lake560 ft
  7. Beekman490 ft
  8. Village of Pawling490 ft
  9. Wingdale460 ft
  10. Dover460 ft
  11. Chelsea Cove330 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 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.