Vassar College, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vassar College, New York, shaded from 120 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
350 ft 110 m300 ft 90 m270 ft 80 m210 ft 65 m150 ft 45 m120 ft 40 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
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Vassar College sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 160–170 ft
Lowest
120 ft 40 m
on the southeast side
Highest
350 ft 110 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Vassar College spans about 230 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
350 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
120 ft40 m
Airport (POU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi south of the CDP boundary
164 ft50 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the middle of Vassar College.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vassar College, New York, shaded from 120 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Dutchess County, New York, United States
Population
2,472 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
3,438 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6885° N, 73.8974° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hudson Valley Regional (POU) 164 ft
ZIP codes 2
12603 12604
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Milton, Ulster County240 ft
  2. Fairview240 ft
  3. MacDonnell Heights210 ft
  4. Titusville190 ft
  5. Arlington180 ft
  6. Poughkeepsie180 ft
  7. Spackenkill170 ft
  8. City of Poughkeepsie170 ft
  9. Red Oaks Mill170 ft
  10. Vassar College170 ft
  11. Marist College96 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 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.
  • Vassar College 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.