Saranac Lake, NY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,090 ft 635 m1,950 ft 595 m1,870 ft 570 m1,730 ft 525 m1,580 ft 485 m1,510 ft 460 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Saranac Lake sits at about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,590 ft 485 m
most residents: 1,540–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,090 ft 635 m
on Mount Pisgah
Average
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside village limits
Saranac Lake spans about 580 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,590 ft485 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, on Mount Pisgah | 2,090 ft635 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the northeast side | 1,510 ft460 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Saranac Lake | 1,540 ft470 m |
| Airport (SLK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi northwest of the village limits | 1,663 ft507 m |
| Average of all land | 1,630 ft495 m |
| Nearest peak Moose Mountain, Essex County, 5.4 mi east of the village limits | 3,890 ft1,185 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Franklin and Essex counties, New York, United States
- Population
- 4,856 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,668 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.3295° N, 74.1313° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Adirondack
- Drains to
- Saranac River → Richelieu River → Canada
- Airport
- Adirondack Regional (SLK) 1,663 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 12983
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lake Placid1,810 ft
- North Elba1,780 ft
- Franklin, Franklin County1,710 ft
- Brighton, Franklin County1,660 ft
- St. Armand1,650 ft
- Paul Smiths1,640 ft
- Harrietstown1,620 ft
- Tupper Lake1,600 ft
- Saranac Lake1,590 ft
- Keene1,310 ft
- Wilmington1,090 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New York127th highest of 2,097
- Towns in Franklin County7th highest of 28
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Whiteface Mountain4,866 ft
- Moose Mountain, Essex County3,890 ft
- Ampersand Mountain3,350 ft
- Saint Regis Mountain2,870 ft
- Kate Mountain2,840 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village limits (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.