City of Rye, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of City of Rye, New York, shaded from sea level level on Playland Lake to 130 ft on the north side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m95 ft 29 m79 ft 24 m48 ft 15 m16 ft 5 m0 ft 0 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

City of Rye sits at about 37 ft (11 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
37 ft 11 m
most residents: 10–73 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Playland Lake
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the north side
Average
40 ft 12 m
all land inside city limits

City of Rye 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
37 ft11 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Playland Lake
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for City of Rye
26 ft8 m
Airport (HPN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi north of the city limits
439 ft134 m
Average of all land40 ft12 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of City of Rye, New York, shaded from sea level level on Playland Lake to 130 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Westchester County, New York, United States
Population
16,463 2024 est.
Land area
5.9 sq mi + 14.2 sq mi water
Density
2,813 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9807° N, 73.6837° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Westchester County (HPN) 439 ft
ZIP codes 1
10580
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, −5 ft at 40.9493° N, 73.6982° 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.