Washington Heights, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington Heights, New York, shaded from 570 ft on the east side to 710 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
710 ft 215 m680 ft 205 m660 ft 200 m620 ft 190 m590 ft 180 m570 ft 175 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

Washington Heights sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 610–670 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the east side
Highest
710 ft 215 m
on the northwest side
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Washington Heights spans about 140 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
710 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
570 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Washington Heights
680 ft205 m
Airport (MGJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.4 mi east of the CDP boundary
370 ft113 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington Heights, New York, shaded from 570 ft on the east side to 710 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States
Population
2,205 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,499 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4701° N, 74.4157° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Wallkill River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Orange County (MGJ) 370 ft
ZIP codes 1
10940
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Otisville830 ft
  2. Mount Hope830 ft
  3. Scotchtown680 ft
  4. Washington Heights630 ft
  5. Wallkill620 ft
  6. Middletown580 ft
  7. Wawayanda560 ft
  8. Mechanicstown530 ft
  9. Bloomingburg480 ft
  10. Village of Goshen470 ft
  11. Goshen470 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.
  • Washington Heights 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.