Taghkanic, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Taghkanic, New York, shaded from 260 ft on the west side to 1,140 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,140 ft 350 m920 ft 280 m810 ft 245 m590 ft 180 m370 ft 110 m260 ft 80 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Taghkanic sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 350–800 ft
Lowest
260 ft 80 m
on the west side
Highest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the southeast side
Average
630 ft 190 m
all land inside town boundaries

Taghkanic spans about 880 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,140 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
260 ft80 m
Town center
USGS map point for Taghkanic
720 ft220 m
Average of all land630 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Taghkanic, New York, shaded from 260 ft on the west side to 1,140 ft on the southeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Columbia County, New York, United States
Population
1,242 2024 est.
Land area
40.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1423° N, 73.6773° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 4
12502 12521 12523 12529
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Copake Lake790 ft
  2. Copake670 ft
  3. Copake Falls650 ft
  4. Ancram640 ft
  5. Taghkanic630 ft
  6. Gallatin590 ft
  7. Taconic Shores550 ft
  8. Philmont450 ft
  9. Claverack320 ft
  10. Livingston250 ft
  11. Claverack-Red Mills190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • Plateau Mountain3,830 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, 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 town boundaries (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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.