Long Island topographic map
Click on the map to display elevation.
Long Island
Long Island’s topography is a low, elongated glacial landscape, shaped less by bedrock relief than by the deposits left at the southern margin of the last ice sheets. Its main relief is organized around two broad terminal-moraine belts—the Harbor Hill moraine along much of the North Shore and the Ronkonkoma moraine through the island’s interior—which form gently rolling ridges of sand, gravel, and till, while the land southward grades into flatter sandy outwash plains and barrier-beach systems facing the Atlantic. Elevations are modest overall, rising from sea level along Long Island Sound, the bays, and the ocean beaches to the island’s highest natural ground at Jayne’s Hill, about 401 feet (122 meters), in the West Hills area. The North Shore is generally more irregular, with short valleys, bluffs, and locally steep slopes descending toward the Sound, whereas the South Shore is broader, lower, and smoother, marked by wetlands, lagoons, tidal inlets, and long barrier islands. Overall, Long Island presents the physical character of a subdued but distinctly glacial coastal plain: gently undulating inland ridges, sandy aquifer-bearing deposits, low coastal flats, and a shoreline shaped by the contrast between moraine-built northern terrain and wave-reworked southern beaches.
About this map
Name: Long Island topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Long Island, New York, United States (40.54190 -74.04197 41.16116 -71.85627)
Average elevation: 138 ft
Minimum elevation: -16 ft
Maximum elevation: 1,634 ft
New York trails, hiking, mountain biking, running and outdoor activities
Other topographic maps
Click on a map to view its topography, its elevation and its terrain.
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: 85 ft
Jayne's Hill
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Huntington
Jayne's Hill (also known as High Hill, West Hills, Oakley's Hill, and Janes Hill) is the highest point on Long Island, New York, with an elevation of between 387 feet (118 m) and 400.9 feet (122.2 m) above sea level. It is situated on the Harbor Hill moraine, a terminal moraine that makes up the northern spine…
Average elevation: 240 ft
Onondaga Escarpment
United States > New York > Erie County > Village of Akron
Average elevation: 774 ft
Saddleback Mountain
United States > New York > Essex County > Town of Keene
Saddleback Mountain is a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondacks in the U. S. state of New York. It is the 17th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of 4,515 feet (1,376 m). It is located in Adirondack Park in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain was named for the outline…
Average elevation: 3,652 ft
Catskills Visitor Center
United States > New York > Ulster County > Town of Shandaken > Beechford
Average elevation: 988 ft
Highland Mills
United States > New York > Orange County > Village of Woodbury
Average elevation: 682 ft
Black Mountain
United States > New York > Washington County
Black Mountain is a mountain located in Washington County, New York, of which its peak is the highest point. Isolated from the rest of the Adirondack Mountains by Lake George, Black Mtn. has the seventh highest topographic prominence of all the mountains in New York. Black Mountain also has the highest…
Average elevation: 1,598 ft
South Otselic
United States > New York > Chenango County > Town of Otselic
Average elevation: 1,483 ft
Ellenburg Mountain
United States > New York > Clinton County > Town of Ellenburg
Average elevation: 2,238 ft
Mount Marcy
United States > New York > Essex County > Town of Keene
Mount Marcy is the highest point in the Adirondack Mountains and the U.S. state of New York, with an elevation of 5,343.1 feet (1,628.6 m). It is located in the town of Keene in Essex County. The mountain is in the heart of the High Peaks Wilderness Area in Adirondack Park. Like the surrounding Adirondack…
Average elevation: 4,229 ft
Mount Jefferson
United States > New York > Schoharie County > Town of Jefferson
Average elevation: 2,280 ft
Chimney Corners
United States > New York > Westchester County > Town of Cortlandt > Crugers
Average elevation: 190 ft
Rosedale
United States > New York > Westchester County > City of White Plains
Average elevation: 187 ft
Smithtown Pines
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Smithtown
Average elevation: 95 ft
Whitesville
United States > New York > Allegany County > Town of Independence
Average elevation: 2,005 ft
Potter Hollow
United States > New York > Albany County > Town of Rensselaerville
Average elevation: 1,135 ft
Hartmans Corners
United States > New York > Albany County > Town of Guilderland
Average elevation: 266 ft
Pleasantside
United States > New York > Westchester County > Town of Cortlandt
Average elevation: 354 ft
West Coxsackie
United States > New York > Greene County > Village of Coxsackie
Average elevation: 108 ft
Brick House Corners
United States > New York > Genesee County > Town of Pembroke
Average elevation: 860 ft
West Frankfort
United States > New York > Herkimer County > Town of Frankfort
Average elevation: 472 ft
Mariandale
United States > New York > Westchester County > Village of Ossining
Average elevation: 174 ft
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: 85 ft
Middle Granville
United States > New York > Washington County > Town of Granville
Average elevation: 512 ft
Inwood Hill Park
United States > New York > New York County > New York
Inwood Hill Park is a 196 acres (79 ha) public park in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. On a high schist ridge that rises 200 feet (61 m) above the Hudson River from Dyckman Street to the northern tip of the island, Inwood…
Average elevation: 46 ft
Balsam Mountain
United States > New York > Ulster County > Town of Shandaken
Average elevation: 2,746 ft
Brooklyn Bridge Park
United States > New York > Kings County > New York
Brooklyn Bridge Park spans 85 acres (34 ha) of the East River waterfront in the Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo neighborhoods of Brooklyn. The park is divided into eleven sections: Piers 1 through 6; Fulton Ferry Landing; Brooklyn Bridge Plaza; Empire Fulton Ferry; Main Street; and John Street. Each of these…
Average elevation: 30 ft
Sonyea State Forest
United States > New York > Livingston County > Town of Mount Morris
Average elevation: 758 ft
Catamount Mountain
United States > New York > Saint Lawrence County > Town of Colton
Average elevation: 1,421 ft
Oscawana Corners
United States > New York > Putnam County > Town of Putnam Valley
Average elevation: 518 ft
Lake Vanare
United States > New York > Warren County > Town of Lake Luzerne
Average elevation: 1,014 ft
Woodcock Mountain
United States > New York > Saratoga County > Town of Hadley
Average elevation: 889 ft
Constantia Center
United States > New York > Oswego County > Town of Constantia
Average elevation: 554 ft
South New Berlin
United States > New York > Chenango County > Town of New Berlin
Average elevation: 1,247 ft
Coney Island
United States > New York > Saint Lawrence County > Town of Pierrepont
Average elevation: 571 ft
