Wading River, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wading River, New York, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 230 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
230 ft 70 m170 ft 55 m140 ft 45 m87 ft 26 m29 ft 9 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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

Wading River sits at about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
100 ft 30 m
most residents: 56–140 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Long Island Sound
Highest
230 ft 70 m
on the northeast side
Average
100 ft 30 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Wading River 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
100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
230 ft70 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Long Island Sound
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wading River
91 ft28 m
Airport (HWV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi south of the CDP boundary
81 ft25 m
Average of all land100 ft30 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wading River, New York, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 230 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States
Population
7,731 2020 Census
Land area
9.8 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
790 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9504° N, 72.8426° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Brookhaven (HWV) 81 ft
ZIP codes 2
11792 11933
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sound Beach150 ft
  2. Rocky Point140 ft
  3. Miller Place140 ft
  4. East Shoreham130 ft
  5. Shoreham120 ft
  6. Baiting Hollow120 ft
  7. Wading River100 ft
  8. Ridge94 ft
  9. Middle Island87 ft
  10. Manorville78 ft
  11. Calverton54 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Hill, Suffolk County294 ft
  • Rock Hill, Suffolk County260 ft
  • Flanders Hill240 ft
  • Mount Misery, Suffolk County180 ft
  • Jacobs Hill, Suffolk County130 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, −2 ft at 40.9663° N, 72.8596° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Wading River 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.