City of Troy topographic map

Name: City of Troy topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: City of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, United States (42.69404 -73.70644 42.79527 -73.64916)

Average elevation: 81 m

Minimum elevation: -12 m

Maximum elevation: 331 m

The western edge of the city is flat along the river, and then steeply slopes to higher terrain to the east. The average elevation is 50 feet, with the highest elevation being 500 feet in the eastern part of the city. The city is longer than it is wide, with the southern part wider than the northern section of the city (the formerly separate city of Lansingburgh). Several kills (Dutch for creek) pass through Troy and empty into the Hudson. The Poesten Kill and Wynants Kill are the two largest, and both have several small lakes and waterfalls along their routes in the city. Several lakes and reservoirs are within the city, including Ida Lake, Burden Pond, Lansingburgh Reservoir, Bradley Lake, Smarts Pond, and Wright Lake.

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