Thompson, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thompson, New York, shaded from 970 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,500 ft 455 m1,410 ft 430 m1,230 ft 375 m1,060 ft 325 m970 ft 295 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.
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thompson sits at about 1,500 ft (460 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,500 ft 460 m
most residents: 1,330–1,570 ft
Lowest
970 ft 295 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
near the middle
Average
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside town boundaries

Thompson spans about 700 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
1,500 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
970 ft295 m
Airport (MSV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.9 mi northwest of the town boundaries
1,403 ft428 m
Average of all land1,390 ft425 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through the middle of Thompson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thompson, New York, shaded from 970 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Sullivan County, New York, United States
Population
16,736 2024 est.
Land area
84.1 sq mi + 3.4 sq mi water
Density
199 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6506° N, 74.6769° 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 8
12701 12734 12738 12742 12751 12775 12784 12790
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rock Hill1,530 ft
  2. Monticello1,530 ft
  3. Thompson1,500 ft
  4. Kiamesha Lake1,450 ft
  5. Hurleyville1,360 ft
  6. Bridgeville1,360 ft
  7. Forestburgh1,310 ft
  8. Fallsburg1,280 ft
  9. South Fallsburg1,250 ft
  10. Woodridge1,190 ft
  11. Mongaup Valley1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.