Saratoga Springs, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saratoga Springs, New York, shaded from 200 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the west side
Elevation
540 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m410 ft 125 m330 ft 100 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Saratoga Springs sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 270–380 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
on the southeast side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the west side
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside city limits

Saratoga Springs spans about 340 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
200 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Saratoga Springs
300 ft90 m
Airport (5B2)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.0 mi southwest of the city limits
434 ft132 m
Average of all land290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saratoga Springs, New York, shaded from 200 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Saratoga County, New York, United States
Population
28,741 2024 est.
Land area
28.1 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
1,024 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0831° N, 73.7846° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Saratoga County (5B2) 434 ft
ZIP codes 2
12020 12866
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Greenfield650 ft
  2. Milton410 ft
  3. North Ballston Spa400 ft
  4. Ballston360 ft
  5. Wilton320 ft
  6. Ballston Spa320 ft
  7. Malta320 ft
  8. Saratoga Springs310 ft
  9. Saratoga240 ft
  10. Village of Victory240 ft
  11. Round Lake210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Three Ponds Mountain3,010 ft
  • Tenant Mountain2,767 ft
  • Smith Mountain2,670 ft
  • Black Spruce Mountain2,350 ft
  • Vanderburg Mountain1,920 ft
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, 190 ft at 43.0787° N, 73.8393° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.