South Hempstead, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Hempstead, New York, shaded from 34 ft on the southwest side to 59 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
67 ft 20 m59 ft 18 m55 ft 17 m46 ft 14 m38 ft 12 m34 ft 10 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

South Hempstead sits at about 45 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
45 ft 14 m
most residents: 40–47 ft
Lowest
34 ft 10 m
on the southwest side
Highest
59 ft 18 m
on the northwest side
Average
43 ft 13 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

South Hempstead is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 25 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
45 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
59 ft18 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
34 ft10 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Hempstead
43 ft13 m
Airport (JFK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.1 mi west of the CDP boundary
13 ft4 m
Average of all land43 ft13 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Hempstead, New York, shaded from 34 ft on the southwest side to 59 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, United States
Population
3,406 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
5,893 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6809° N, 73.6154° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
11550
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Uniondale63 ft
  2. Village of Hempstead62 ft
  3. West Hempstead55 ft
  4. South Hempstead45 ft
  5. Malverne Park Oaks41 ft
  6. Roosevelt40 ft
  7. Hempstead38 ft
  8. Lakeview33 ft
  9. Rockville Centre28 ft
  10. Baldwin21 ft
  11. Freeport19 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • West Hills390 ft
  • Harbor Hill, Nassau County370 ft
  • Mannetto Hills300 ft
  • Maspeth Plateau130 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.
  • South Hempstead 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.