West Hempstead, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Hempstead, New York, shaded from 22 ft on the southeast side to 76 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
76 ft 23 m63 ft 19 m56 ft 17 m42 ft 13 m29 ft 9 m22 ft 7 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.
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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

West Hempstead sits at about 55 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
55 ft 17 m
most residents: 39–69 ft
Lowest
22 ft 7 m
on the southeast side
Highest
76 ft 23 m
on the northeast side
Average
54 ft 16 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

West Hempstead spans about 54 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
55 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
76 ft23 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
22 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for West Hempstead
67 ft21 m
Airport (JFK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
13 ft4 m
Average of all land54 ft16 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Hempstead, New York, shaded from 22 ft on the southeast side to 76 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 Nassau County, New York, United States
Population
19,835 2020 Census
Land area
2.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
7,462 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7048° N, 73.6501° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
11552
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Garden City85 ft
  2. Stewart Manor81 ft
  3. Garden City South71 ft
  4. Village of Hempstead62 ft
  5. Franklin Square57 ft
  6. West Hempstead55 ft
  7. South Hempstead45 ft
  8. Malverne Park Oaks41 ft
  9. Hempstead38 ft
  10. Lakeview33 ft
  11. Malverne32 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • West Hills390 ft
  • Harbor Hill, Nassau County370 ft
  • Mannetto Hills300 ft
  • Maspeth Plateau130 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.
  • West Hempstead 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.