Reading, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Reading, New York, shaded from 450 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,730 ft 530 m1,410 ft 430 m1,250 ft 380 m930 ft 285 m610 ft 185 m450 ft 135 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
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

Reading sits at about 1,090 ft (335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,090 ft 335 m
most residents: 530–1,580 ft
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,730 ft 530 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside town boundaries

Reading spans about 1,280 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
1,090 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,730 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
450 ft135 m
Average of all land1,250 ft380 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.9 mi west to east through the middle of Reading.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Reading, New York, shaded from 450 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Schuyler County, New York, United States
Population
1,661 2024 est.
Land area
27.1 sq mi
Density
61 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4144° N, 76.9190° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Seneca River
ZIP codes 2
14878 14891
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Orange1,460 ft
  2. Tyrone1,260 ft
  3. Hector1,190 ft
  4. Reading1,090 ft
  5. Dix1,020 ft
  6. Burdett1,000 ft
  7. Dundee990 ft
  8. Starkey990 ft
  9. Montour480 ft
  10. Watkins Glen470 ft
  11. Montour Falls460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Huey Hill2,080 ft
  • Six Nations Hill1,780 ft
  • Watkins Hill1,320 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.