Rifton, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rifton, New York, shaded from 110 ft on the west side to 390 ft at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
Elevation
390 ft 120 m320 ft 95 m280 ft 85 m220 ft 65 m150 ft 45 m110 ft 35 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rifton sits at about 210 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
210 ft 65 m
most residents: 150–370 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the west side
Highest
390 ft 120 m
at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Rifton spans about 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
210 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
390 ft120 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rifton
180 ft55 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rifton, New York, shaded from 110 ft on the west side to 390 ft at the foot of the Marlboro Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States
Population
481 2020 Census
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
388 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.8376° N, 74.0374° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
12471 12561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hurley540 ft
  2. Marbletown370 ft
  3. Stone Ridge330 ft
  4. Hillside320 ft
  5. Tillson230 ft
  6. Rosendale210 ft
  7. Rifton210 ft
  8. High Falls200 ft
  9. Esopus190 ft
  10. Port Ewen170 ft
  11. Staatsburg79 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • Plateau Mountain3,830 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • Rifton 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.