Pelham, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pelham, New York, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 130 ft near the middle
Elevation
130 ft 40 m94 ft 29 m78 ft 24 m47 ft 14 m16 ft 5 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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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

Pelham sits at about 52 ft (16 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
52 ft 16 m
most residents: 25–97 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Long Island Sound
Highest
130 ft 40 m
near the middle
Average
55 ft 17 m
all land inside town boundaries

Pelham spans about 130 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
52 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Long Island Sound
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pelham
68 ft21 m
Airport (LGA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.2 mi south of the town boundaries
21 ft6 m
Average of all land55 ft17 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pelham, New York, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 130 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Westchester County, New York, United States
Population
13,192 2024 est.
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
6,065 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9098° N, 73.8079° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Laguardia (LGA) 21 ft
ZIP codes 1
10803
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Eastchester180 ft
  2. Tuckahoe140 ft
  3. Bronxville130 ft
  4. Mount Vernon130 ft
  5. New Rochelle82 ft
  6. Pelham Manor52 ft
  7. Pelham52 ft
  8. Village of Pelham51 ft
  9. Mamaroneck45 ft
  10. Village of Mamaroneck40 ft
  11. Larchmont34 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Valentine Hill320 ft
  • Cronins Hill220 ft
  • Budds Hill71 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −3 ft at 40.8949° N, 73.8213° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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. All public domain.