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25. I live in a "higher" section of the Bronx...

Thu Dec 9, 2021, 05:38 PM

Dec 2021

Last edited Fri Dec 10, 2021, 02:08 AM - Edit history (2)

I tried getting a topographical map on line but got none with actual elevation numbers. Sheesh!

One listing around 49 ft. Maaaaybe. I thought it was closer to 100+ ft but it may be an illusion looking at the edges of Manhattan, and The Bronx's waters edge.

I just thought of a way to possibly figure it out! 🤔
Decades back they built some tall apts at The Bronx's water's edge near where I live. I can look at them and see where the apt height is level near the section where I'm.

When I lived in Manhattan - we were about 1 1/2 blocks away, and about 10-15 ft lower or so from the highest natural elevation at a "whopping" 265.05 feet! 😁

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What is the elevation where you live? [View all] mvd Dec 2021 OP

Bookmarking! Drum Dec 2021 #1

I'm at 900 feet, but if I go a few miles to the west I will be at 1,000 plus LeftInTX Dec 2021 #2

I'm in Santa Fe, NM. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #3

I wanna go to Mexico City on a vacation..LOL 8,000 ft LeftInTX Dec 2021 #6

If you are already in good shape, and especially if you exercise PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #12

Interesting! I have always lived in lower areas mvd Dec 2021 #18

305 feet ItsjustMe Dec 2021 #4

WPB Fla PBC_Democrat Dec 2021 #5

Me, too. Deuxcents Dec 2021 #7

I'm in Florida radical noodle Dec 2021 #11

800 ASL OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #8

8 meters above sea level secondwind Dec 2021 #9

5200 Ohio Joe Dec 2021 #10

Me, too. Laffy Kat Dec 2021 #22

Denver, the mile-high city frogmarch Dec 2021 #13

Visited there decades ago. Got to see 💖 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, too! electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #29

Catskills for us PJMcK Dec 2021 #14

1640 feet. North Central PA. n/t livetohike Dec 2021 #15

2260 ft. in Worcester, N Y. Harker Dec 2021 #16

4650 ft. here in SE Az. panader0 Dec 2021 #17

the highest peak in the continental US is Mt. Whitney at 14,505 ft mike_c Dec 2021 #28

Highest and southernmost is Miller Peak. panader0 Dec 2021 #34

No one here from Death Valley I guess RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #19

😄 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #30

About 250,000 miles. hunter Dec 2021 #20

The highest point of the ridge on our farm is at 209 feet above sea level csziggy Dec 2021 #21

I live inland, in the Mid-Ohio River Valley Marthe48 Dec 2021 #23

6,000 feet. Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #24

I live in a "higher" section of the Bronx... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #25

Adjusting to higher altitudes. On 2 across the USA trips.. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #26

131 ft n/t mike_c Dec 2021 #27

North Hollywood CA - 692 feet above sea level - I had no idea it was that high! beaglelover Dec 2021 #31

Just shy of 800 ft, but if I go about 2 miles west I'll be in Puget Sound. Angleae Dec 2021 #32

I've lived as high as 9,449. These days, I'm down to 632. BluesRunTheGame Dec 2021 #33