University Gardens, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of University Gardens, New York, shaded from 24 ft on the west side to 210 ft on the south side
Elevation
210 ft 65 m160 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m94 ft 29 m47 ft 14 m24 ft 7 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
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

University Gardens sits at about 87 ft (27 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
87 ft 27 m
most residents: 38–190 ft
Lowest
24 ft 7 m
on the west side
Highest
210 ft 65 m
on the south side
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

University Gardens spans about 186 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
87 ft27 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
210 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
24 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for University Gardens
150 ft45 m
Airport (JFK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
13 ft4 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of University Gardens, New York, shaded from 24 ft on the west side to 210 ft on the south 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
4,358 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
8,207 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7773° N, 73.7226° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
11020
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Success180 ft
  2. Thomaston160 ft
  3. Russell Gardens130 ft
  4. Kensington120 ft
  5. Great Neck Gardens110 ft
  6. Great Neck Plaza100 ft
  7. University Gardens87 ft
  8. Great Neck83 ft
  9. Great Neck Estates78 ft
  10. Harbor Hills63 ft
  11. Saddle Rock Estates25 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Harbor Hill, Nassau County370 ft
  • Maspeth Plateau130 ft
  • Laurel Hill, Queens County110 ft
  • Janes Hill74 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 11 ft at 40.7774° N, 73.7371° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • University Gardens 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.