New York topographic maps
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Suffolk County
The highest elevation in the county, and on Long Island as a whole, is Jayne's Hill in West Hills, at 401 feet (122 m) above sea level.
Average elevation: 34 m
Village of Amityville
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Babylon
Average elevation: 6 m
Lake Ronkonkoma
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Brookhaven
The actual lake, Lake Ronkonkoma, adjacent to the CDP, is the largest lake on Long Island. The land surrounding one side of the lake is in the jurisdiction of the Town of Islip. The elevation of the lake surface is given as 55 feet (17 m) on the most recent USGS map, but as the lake is a "groundwater lake",…
Average elevation: 37 m
Tiana
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Hampton Bays > Town of Southampton
Average elevation: 12 m
Armonk
United States > New York > Westchester County
Situated 11 miles from the coast in the southeastern corner of New York, Armonk shares a border with Connecticut. The landscape is hilly and forested with a mean elevation of 387 feet.
Average elevation: 156 m
Manhattan Island
United States > New York > New York
Parkland covers a total of 2,659 acres (10.76 km2), accounting for 18.2% of the borough's land area; the 840-acre (3.4 km2) Central Park is the borough's largest park, comprising 31.6% of Manhattan's parkland. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the park is anchored by the 12-acre (4.9 ha)…
Average elevation: 17 m
New York County
United States > New York > New York
Parkland covers a total of 2,659 acres (10.76 km2), accounting for 18.2% of the borough's land area; the 840-acre (3.4 km2) Central Park is the borough's largest park, comprising 31.6% of Manhattan's parkland. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the park is anchored by the 12-acre (4.9 ha)…
Average elevation: 16 m
Central Park
United States > New York > New York County > New York
In June 1856, Fernando Wood appointed a "consulting board" of seven people, headed by author Washington Irving, to inspire public confidence in the proposed development. Wood hired military engineer Egbert Ludovicus Viele as the park's chief engineer, tasking him with a topographical survey of the site. The…
Average elevation: 26 m
Village of Ossining
United States > New York > Westchester County > Town of Ossining
Average elevation: 61 m
Town of Pawling
United States > New York > Dutchess County
The eastern and western section of the towns are high and hilly, with the Great Swamp and Harlem Valley in the middle, where the village of Pawling is located. The highest elevation in town is Observatory Hill, at 1,332 feet (406 m) above sea level; the lowest is 420 feet (130 m), in the Great Swamp, along the…
Average elevation: 243 m
New York
United States > New York > New York County
The city's land has been altered substantially by human intervention, with considerable land reclamation along the waterfronts since Dutch colonial times; reclamation is most prominent in Lower Manhattan, with developments such as Battery Park City in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the natural relief in…
Average elevation: 15 m
Lake Mohegan
United States > New York > Westchester County > Town of Yorktown
Average elevation: 140 m
Mohawk River
United States > New York > Schenectady County > City of Schenectady > East Glenville
Average elevation: 74 m
Village of Canton
United States > New York > Saint Lawrence County > Town of Canton
Average elevation: 115 m
Village of Nissequogue
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Smithtown
Average elevation: 19 m
Village of Belle Terre
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Brookhaven
Average elevation: 20 m
New York
The city's land has been altered substantially by human intervention, with considerable land reclamation along the waterfronts since Dutch colonial times; reclamation is most prominent in Lower Manhattan, with developments such as Battery Park City in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the natural relief in…
Average elevation: 19 m
Town of Denning
United States > New York > Ulster County
The town is in the Catskill Mountains and borders Sullivan County, New York. It is rugged and heavily wooded. Most settlement is concentrated around the hamlet of Sundown on Rondout Creek, along the two branches of the Neversink River or in the plateau between the two valleys northeast of Red Hill, at…
Average elevation: 663 m