Union, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Union, New York, shaded from 810 ft on the southwest side to 1,540 ft on Bornt Hill
Elevation
1,540 ft 470 m1,360 ft 415 m1,270 ft 385 m1,080 ft 330 m900 ft 275 m810 ft 245 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
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

Union sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 830–1,270 ft
Lowest
810 ft 245 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,540 ft 470 m
on Bornt Hill
Average
1,080 ft 330 m
all land inside town boundaries

Union spans about 730 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
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Bornt Hill
1,540 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
810 ft245 m
Airport (BGM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.4 mi north of the town boundaries
1,636 ft499 m
Average of all land1,080 ft330 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.0 mi south to north through the middle of Union.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Union, New York, shaded from 810 ft on the southwest side to 1,540 ft on Bornt Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Broome County, New York, United States
Population
54,298 2024 est.
Land area
35.4 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
1,532 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1144° N, 76.0215° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field (BGM) 1,636 ft
ZIP codes 3
13760 13790 13905
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maine1,280 ft
  2. Crest View Heights1,040 ft
  3. Binghamton University1,020 ft
  4. Vestal970 ft
  5. Endwell940 ft
  6. Union890 ft
  7. Dickinson880 ft
  8. Binghamton870 ft
  9. Johnson City870 ft
  10. Port Dickinson860 ft
  11. Endicott850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Bornt Hill, Broome County1,540 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.