Swan Lake, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swan Lake, New York, shaded from 1,280 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,640 ft 500 m1,550 ft 475 m1,510 ft 460 m1,420 ft 430 m1,330 ft 405 m1,280 ft 390 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Swan Lake sits at about 1,370 ft (415 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,370 ft 415 m
most residents: 1,300–1,450 ft
Lowest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,420 ft 430 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Swan Lake spans about 360 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
1,370 ft415 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,640 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,280 ft390 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swan Lake
1,350 ft410 m
Airport (MSV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
1,403 ft428 m
Average of all land1,420 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swan Lake, New York, shaded from 1,280 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States
Population
372 2020 Census
Land area
1.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
217 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7506° N, 74.7779° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Sullivan County International (MSV) 1,403 ft
ZIP codes 1
12783
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Village of Liberty1,600 ft
  2. Liberty1,600 ft
  3. Loch Sheldrake1,500 ft
  4. Kiamesha Lake1,450 ft
  5. White Lake1,400 ft
  6. Swan Lake1,370 ft
  7. Hurleyville1,360 ft
  8. Kauneonga Lake1,330 ft
  9. Bethel1,300 ft
  10. Smallwood1,240 ft
  11. Mongaup Valley1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • North Dome3,608 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 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.
  • Swan Lake 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.