Schenectady County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Schenectady County, New York, shaded from 180 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,450 ft 445 m1,140 ft 345 m980 ft 300 m660 ft 200 m340 ft 105 m180 ft 55 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Schenectady County averages about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 180 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
720 ft 220 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,450 ft 445 m
on the west side
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the east side

Schenectady County spans about 1,270 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,450 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

20 mi west to east through Schenectady.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Schenectady County, New York, shaded from 180 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
162,261 2024 est.
Land area
204.7 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
793 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 83%, Valley and Ridge 17%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Schoharie County1,520 ft
  2. Albany County790 ft
  3. Saratoga County730 ft
  4. Montgomery County730 ft
  5. Schenectady County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Glenville Hill1,110 ft
All 11 towns in Schenectady County by typical elevation
  1. Mariaville Lake1,310 ft
  2. Duanesburg1,010 ft
  3. Duane Lake900 ft
  4. Delanson850 ft
  5. Princetown620 ft
  6. Niskayuna390 ft
  7. East Glenville340 ft
  8. Schenectady340 ft
  9. Rotterdam340 ft
  10. Glenville320 ft
  11. Scotia270 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.